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of the 
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Oyster Bay- 
Queens County- 
Island of Nassau 
(Now Long Island) 

" Met NederdviijtscHe Gemeente " 



By HENRY A. STOUTENBURGH 






LIBRARY of CONQRESS 
Two Copies RKelved 

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CLASS a, XXc. No7 
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COPYRIGHT, 1904 
BY 

Henry A. Stoutenburgh. 



Note. — While collecting these records, the compiler 
acquired many items of family genealogy seemingly too 
valuable to be omitted, and they are included although 
not of the Dutch Congregation. 



Ube ftn(cl<etbociier pcee«, "Kcvo ]9orit 



Dutch Genealogy. 



JAN STRYKER, m. Sartye Kroker (Crooker). 
Issue : 

Samson, bp. Dec. 15, 17^4. 

CHRISTOPHER STYMUS, of O. B., b. 1728; d. Jan. 12, 1800; 
m. Alche Remsen, b. Dec. 8, 1739; d. Dec. 12, 1819. Hi§ will 
dated May 11, 1797; proved Dec. 17, 1800 (R. L. B., F., 22, Ja.). 
His son-in-law, William Covert, was the executor. The family 
burying yard is near the R.R. Station at Central Park. Under 
the direct tax of 1813 his soii was assessed on 130 acres and 
house and barn at Bethpage; amt., $3.41. 
Issue : 

Jane, m. William Covert. 

Sarah, b. Apl. 30, 1765. 

Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1767. 

Christopher, b. Feb. i, 1769; d. Feb. 23, 1849. 

Letty, m. George Nostrand. 

Catlyna, bp. Apl. 25, 1775. 

Cattryna, bp. Oct. 26, 1777. 

Anna, b. Mch. 15, 1779. 

Orress, m. Ann . 

Elizabeth, b. Oct. 15, 1784. 

Phebe, b. Oct. 5, 1786. 

All bp. at W. H. and Ss. 

CHRISTOPHER STYMUS, of Central Park, b. Feb. 10, 1S26; 
d. Jan. 2, 1889; m. Hannah E. . 

ORRIS STYMUS, of Central Park, son of Christopher and 
Alche Remsen, b. June 10, 1781; bp. July 14, 1782, at W. H. ; 

d. Apl. 27, 1857; m. Ann , b. 1798; d. Mch. 8, 1874. 

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53^ A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

BARNARD V. (BARENT VANDEVENTER) SUYDAM, son of 

John and Femmetje of Ja., m. Leah Suydam, dau. of Minne 
and Catherine Simonson, bp. Oct. 19, 1778, at W. H. 
Issue: 

Sarah, m. Daniel R. Suydam. 

CORNELIUS SUYDAM, son of Jacob and Sytje Jacobse (see 
Bergen's Early Settlers, p. 293), d. 1759; m. Margaret Van 
Sicklen, dau. of Femandes, Jr., and Geertje. He settled in O. B. 
His will dated Oct. 14, 1757; proved Apl. 19, 1759 (R. L. 21, 
F., 51, N. Y.). 
Issue : 

Jacobus, m. Adreyante Van Sicklen. 

Ferdinandus, not m. 

Jan, m. Helena (Lena) Simonson. 

Minne, m. Catherine Simonson. 

Johannes. 

Cornelius, m. Antye Nostrand. 

Hendrick, m. Antye Nostrand. 

Seytie. 

Geertie, m. Jacobus Voorhis. 

Jane, m. William Simonson. 

Adriana. 

Ida. 

CORNELIUS SUYDAM, of O. B., son Cornelius and Margaret 
Van Sicklen, bd. Feb. 5, 1795; m. Antye Nostrand, dau. of 
Garret and Marya Vanderbilt. His will dated Dec. 24, 1794; 
proved Jan. 17, 1801 (R. L. B., F., 32, Ja.). Antye and her 
brother John were the executors. Apl. 30, 1761, she received a 
bequest from her gd. -father, John Vanderbilt. Her will dated 
Aug. 18, 1823; proved Dec. 7, 1827 (R. L. F.. F., 8, Ja.). She 
was admitted to the church, Apl. 24, 1802. 
Issue : 

Cornelius, m. Rachel Van Velsen. 

Marya, bp. Apl. 14, 1771 (see). 

Garret, m. Mary W. Valentine. 

Eieta, bp. June 4, 1780. 

Jan., bp. Sep. 8, 17S2; d. Mch. 6, 1851. 

CORNELIUS SUYDAM, of O. B., son of Cornelius and Antve 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 537 

Nostrand, b. Dec. 28, 1769; bp. Mch. 19, 1770, at W. H.; d. 
Sep. 16, 1838; m. Rachel Van Velsen, b. July 30, 1777; d. Apl. 
26, 1864. His will dated Oct., 1837 (R. L. 2, F., 114, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Antye, m. George Duryea. 

Greete, b. Nov. 12, 1801 ; bp. Dec. 20, 1801; d. Oct. 17, 1851. 

Maria, m. Abraham Voorhis. 

CORNELIUS SUYDAM, of E. W., son of Minne and Catherine 
Simonson, b. June 4, 1769; bp. July 2, 1769; d. Dec. 4, 1842; 
m., June 11, 1799, Ida Rapelyea, dau. of Daniel and Sarah 
Hegeman, b. Dec. 22, 1780; bp. Mch. 19, 1781; d. Feb. 22, 
1854. They were admitted to the church, Apl. 24, 1802. Feb. 
18, 181 7, he advertised his farm in O. B. as being for sale. 
Issue : 

Catherine Vanderbilt, bp. Mch. 15, 1801; m. Hewlett Town- 
send Coles, June, 1822; m. Daniel Smith. 

Sary Ann, m. Hanmer Ludlow. 

Cornelia Laquier, m. Isaac Hendrickson. 

Daniel Rapelyea, m. Sarah Suydam. 

DANIEL RAPELYEA SUYDAM, Capt., son of Cornelius and 
Ida Rapalye, bp. May 7, 1809, at W. H.; m. Sarah Suydam, 
dau. of Barnard V. and Leah Suydam. 
Issue : 

Phebe Catherine. 

Townsend Coles. 

Ida Ann. 

John T. 

Ida, m. John A. Vanderveer. 

Sarah Leah, m. Charles V. Lott. 

FERDINANDUS SUYDAM, of O. B., son of Cornelius and 
Margaret Van Sicklen; not m. ; he was bd. Oct. 12, 1800. His 
will dated Dec. 24, 1794; proved Jan. 17, 1801 (R. L. B., F., 
30, Ja.) ; gives everything to his brother Cornelius and wife and 
children. 

GERRET SUYDAM, of E. W., son of Cornelius and Antye 
Nostrand, b. Apl. 4, 1774; bp. May 24, 1774 (witness, Gerrit 
Nostrand); d. Apl. 6, 1848; m. Mary W. Valentine, b. Feb. 28, 
1769; d. May 23, 1848. 



538 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Issue : 

Eliza, m. Isaac Nostrand. 

Annatie, bp. Oct. 9, 1803. 

Hannah, m. Rulef Duryea. 

HENDRICK SUYDAM, of South Hempstead, son of Cornelius 
and Margaret Van Sicklen, m., Oct. 14, 1783, Antye Nostrand, 
dau. of Daniel and Magrita Hardenberg, b. Nov. 5, 1762; bp. 
Jan. I, 1763, at W. H.; d. Dec. 28, 1822. He was one of the 
executors of his father-in-law. 
Issue : 

Jan, bp. June 13, 1784; m. Spragg. 

Daniel, bp. Dec. 31, 1786; d. young. 

William, bp. Feb. 8, 1789; not m. 

Daniel, bp. May i, 1791; m. Bedell. 

Minne Johannas, bp. July 7, 1793; m. EHzabeth Smith. 

Hendrick. m. Mary Smith. 

r Cornelius, b. June 19, 1799; bp. Aug. 25, 1799; m. 
I his cousin, and died leaving one child. 

Twins -( Margereta, b. June 19, 1799; bp. Aug. 25, 1799; m. 
I Isaac Wiggins. They had a dau. Anna, b. Sep. 29, 
l^ 1824. 

Peter, bp. Oct. 25, 1801; m. Elizabeth Fish. 

Andreas Hegeman, bp. Aug. 5, 1804; d. young. 

All bp. at W. H. 

HENDRICK SUYDAM, son of Hendrick and Antye Nostrand, 
b. Nov. 26, 1795; bp. June 5, 1796; d. Apl. 22, 1835; m. Mary 
Smith, dau. of Jacob Howard and Annie Baylis, b. Aug. 23, 
1802. He was crushed by a large granite stone — so stated on his 
monument in the Monfoort burying yard at Manneto Hill. 
Issue : 

William Henry, m. Sarah Williams. 

Ann, m. Levi Gilbert; m. D. Russell. 

Mary, m. E. L. Heitcamp. 

George L., m. Robie Lydoe of Milford, Del. ; m. Mary Sayreof 
Bn. He died at Jacksonville, Fla. He served as a soldier in 
the State militia. He spent some years in California; after 
which he engaged in the fruit business in Delaware. On ac- 
count of ill health he went to Florida, where he raised truck and 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 539 

oranges for the New York market. His only son is now en- 
gaged in business in Butte, Mon. 

J Howard, the minister; m. Augusta Van Arsdale; m. Mary 
Ludwig. 

HEULETT SUYDAM, of C. S., son of Peter and Elizabeth Fish, 
b. 1827; d. Dec. 24, 1900; m., June 6, 1849, Ida Ann Hegeman, 
dau. of Joseph and Leah Van Nostrand, b. July 24, 1824 ; d. . 

" He died at his residence in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, N. Y., Mon- 
day, December 24, 1900. Funeral services were held at his late 
residence, 176 India Street, Wednesday evening; and the inter- 
ment was made in Hillside Cemetery, Glen Head, Thursday 
morning, December 27, 1900. 

" When about twenty-three years of age, Heulett Suydam came 
to Glen Head, then Cedar Swamp, and engaged in the wagon 
maker's business with Townsend Jackson, who lived on the pre- 
mises now owned by Mr. Henry A. Stoutenburgh. A few years 
subsequently he married Ida, daughter of Joseph and Leah 
Hegeman. 

" Hewlett Suydam was of a social, kindly disposition. He 
was a good neighbor, an accommodating friend, and an honest 
man. He was an ingenious, painstaking, and progressive 
mechanic." 
Issue : 

Charles. 

Annie E., b. 1853; d. June 10, 1885; m. Joseph W. Rich. 

JACOBES SUYDAM, (sup.) son of Jacobes and Adreyante Van 
Sicklen, m. Rebecca Right. 
Issue: 

Jacobes, bp. July 3, 1785. Witness, Areyaentye Sedam. 

Jan, bp. Oct. 5, 1788. 

William, bp. May i, 1791. 

Antye, bp. Sep. 29, 1793. 

Rebecca, bp. Feb. 13, 1796. 

All bp. at W. H. 

JACOBUS SUYDAM, of O. B., son of Cornelius and Margaret 
Van Sicklen, m. Adreyante Van Sicklen. His will, dated Apl. 
2, 1803, proved Mch. 7, 1806 (R. L. B., F., 314, Ja.), mentions 
his wife Rebecca, who was probably a second wife. 



540 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Issue: 

Cornelius, bp. Apl. 8, 1770. 

Minne, bp. Nov. 22, 1772. 

Vernant, bp. Oct. 11, 1774. 

Elizabeth, bp. Apl. 7, 1776. 

Vernandus, bp. Oct. 19, 1778. 

All bp. at W. H. 

JAN SUYDAM, son of Cornelius and Margaret Van Sicklen, 
m. Helena Simonson, dau. of Johannes and Maria Stockholm, b. 
Oct. 25, 1738. 
Issue : 

Marigrite, bp. Aug. 5, 1764. Witnesses: Jacobes Suydam 
and Margaret, his mother. 

Marya, bp. Apl. 6, 1766. 

Cornelius, bp. Sep. 20, 1767. 

Marya, bp. Apl. 8, 1770. 

Johannes, bp. Feb. 26, 1772. 

Eyda, bp. May 24, 1774. 

Frederick, bp. Oct. 26, 1777. 

Hendrick, bp. June 13, 1779. 

All bp. at W. H. 

JOHANNIS SUYDAM, m. Elizabeth Simonson, (sup.) dau. of 
Abram and Marya Laton, bp. Mch. 19, 1769. 
Issue : 

Maria, bp. July 7, 1793. 

Johannis, bp. Aug. 29, 1795. 

JOHN SUYDAM, of Fg., m. Cornelia . His will dated 

May 3, 1773; proved Feb. 12, 1791 (R. L. A., F., 90, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Jacob. 

Sichea, m. James Areson. 

Jean, m. Elderd. 

Ida, m. Thorne. 

JOHN SUYDAM, of Ja., m. Femmetje . His will dated 

Feb. 14, 1789; proved Nov. 17, 1789 (R. L. A., F., 63, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Barent Vandeventer, m. Leah Suydam. 

Sarah, m. Hendrick Lott. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 541 

JOHN SUYDAM, of Nn., m. ■ . His will dated Nov. 

28, 1805; proved Mch. 2, 1809 (R. L. C, F., 78, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Rem. 

Hendrick. 

Nelly, m. Johannes S. Lott. 

Gertrude, m. Timothy Nostrand. 

JOHN SUYDAM, m. Abigail Kilse. 
Issue: 

Ture, bp. Feb. 26, 1804. 

Nathaniel Kilse, bp. Mch. 22, 1807. 

" Nathaniel Kalsey Suydam died at the home of his daughter, 
Mrs. Pitt, on 99th Street, Fort Hamilton. He was born at 
Centerport, L. I., nearly ninety years ago, and his father was 
the late John C. Suydam, a veteran of the war of 181 2. For 
over forty years the deceased lived in Babylon, where he fol- 
lowed his calling as a farmer. Twenty -five years ago, when his 
wife died, he retired from active business, and nine years later 
he went to live with his daughter. Mr. Suydam was a wonder- 
fully active man for his years. Until the day before his death 
he had not experienced a day's sickness in forty years. Yester- 
day morning he had a stroke of paralysis while sitting in his 
chair, and owing to his advanced years could not withstand it. 
He leaves two daughters, three sons, number of grandchildren, 
and four great-grandchildren. To-morrow morning the remains 
will be taken to Babylon, his old home, where the funeral ser- 
vices will take place." 

JOHN BRIGGS SUYDAM, of Bn., son of Martin J. and Helena 
H., m., May 14, 1873, Catherine Louise Coger, dau. of Thomas 
and Sarah Ann Hoogland. 
Issue : 

Annie Louise, b. Mch. 30, 1874. 

LAMBERT SUYDAM, of Bedford, m. Sara Hegeman, dau. of 
Joseph and Sarah Martense, bd. July 30, 1784. 
Issue : 

Hendrick, bp. Apl. 13, 1767. 

MARYA, or MARY, SUYDAM, of Norwich, dau. of Cornelius 
and Antye Nostrand, bp. Apl. 14, 1771; witnesses: Garrit 



542 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Nostrand and Wyntie Ltiyster; m. . Her will dated Aug. 

13, 1830; proved Apl. 15, 1831 (R. L. G., F., 79, Ja.). 

Issue: 

Jetye, bp. Jan. 4, 1796; m. William Vernon. 

MINNA SUYDAM, son of Cornelius and Margaret Van Sicklen, 
b. 1737; d. Mch. 12, 1818; m. Catherine Simonson, dau. of 
Mouris and Cornelia Lequier, bp. Feb. 13, 1743, at W. H.; d. 
Oct. 20, 1810; bd. Oct. 21, 1810. He was admitted to the 
church on confession, Aug. 24, 1787; and she, Apl. 24, 1802. 
He advertised his farm as being for sale, Feb. 18, 181 7, in the 
L. I. Star. Nov. 13, 1819, a commission composed of James 
Hegeman, William Jones, and Steven Underbill ad. the land at 
East Woods for sale. 
Issue: 

Cornelius, m. Ida Rapalye. 

Cornelia, m. William P. Kuypers. 

Maragrieta, b. Nov. 5, 1774; bp. Apl. 21, 1775; d. July 31, 
1842; not m. 

Lea, m. Barnard V. (Barent Vandeventer) Suydam. 

Mouris, m. Sarah Wortman; m. Esther Weeks. 

MOURIS SUYDAM, of O. B., son of Minna and Catherine 
Simonson, b. 1781; bp. Apl. 21, 1782, at W. H.; d. Dec. 16, 
1843; m. (i^') Sarah Wortman, dau. of Coles and Sarah Van 
Wyck; m. (2''), Nov. 23, 1833, Esther Weeks, b. 1782; d. Jan. 

14, 1871. 

"Feb 19 1806. Received of Mr Mouris Suidam the sum of 
ten dollars, for a Receipt to cure the surfeet but if it should 
prove Ineffectual We hereby Bind and obligate ourselves to 
Return the same in full. To said Mouris Suidam Witness 
Whereof we set our hands. "Anthony Hulst 

"John Hulst." 
"July I 1 8 14 Huntington. 

Mr Mouris Suydam 

Bo* of Williams & Oakley 
4f 3^ds Muslin at 4/ £0. 19. o. 

" Reed payment in full 

"Williams & Oakley. 
" Feb. 27, 1815." 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 543 

"June 24 1 8 14 New York. 

Bo' of G. B. Abeel. 
M.S. 8 bars of Swedes Iron. 2. i. 22 @ 68 £ 8. 6. 5 
3 hoops 38 lb Q.d I. 8. 6 



9. 14. II 



"Reed payment for G B Abeel 

"W"" Brower." 

Issue : 

Simonson M., not m. 

Joshua H., not m. 

Catherine Ann Hammond, bp. May 16, 1813 ; d. Nov. 2, 1900, 
at her home, "Berry Hill" ; not m. 

Fanny, not m. 

No issue by second wife. 

"Oyster Bay, L. I., November 3. — Catharine Ann Suydam, 
one of the oldest and best known residents of Oyster Bay, died 
this morning at the age of eighty-seven, in the house in which 
she was born. Miss Suydam is reputed to have been worth 
$100,000." 

RICHARD SUYDAM, of Bn., son of Martin J. and Helena, m., 
Apl. 24, 1872, Susan Coger, dau. of Thomas and Sarah Ann 
Hoogland, b. Oct. 11, 1843. 
Issue : 

Clifford S., b. July 27, 1873; d. May 3, 1875. 

Warren C, b. Mch. 23, 1876. 

Elmer, b. Oct. 23, 1881; d. Oct. 23, 1882. 

ELIJAH D. TAFT, m. Mary Ann Rosella Van Nostrand, dau. 
of Daniel and Mary Ann Verity, b. Dec. 4, 182 1. 
Issue : 

Daniel H., of Williamsburg. 

W. A., of Williamsburg. 

Andrew E., of Merrick. 

Rosetta. 

COLES TAPPEN, of Jericho, son of George and Dinah , 

m. Hannah . His will dated Sep. 17, 1837 (R. L. 3, F., 

478. Ja.). 



544 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Issue : 

Jane, m. Morrell. 

Rebecca, m. Hartt. 

Sarah, m. Jackson. 

Lydia. 

Jeremiah. 

DANIEL KEENE TAPPEN, son of Isaac, b. Aug. 15, 1800; 
d. Jan. 12, 1890; bd. at C. S. ; m. Jane McQueen, dau. of John 
and Martha Starkins, b. Aug. 19, 1807; bp. Dec. 27, 1807, at 
W. H.; d. July 3, 1896; bd. at C. S. 
Issue : 

Martha Ann, m. Daniel K. Lawrence. 

Sarah Jane, m. Jesse W. George, who d. Feb. 22, 1853, a. 
32. o. 13; m. (2'') Gildersleeve. 

John, m. Mary E. Davis. 

GEORGE TAPPING, weaver; wife, Dinah . His will 

dated Jan. 25, 1777 (R. L. A., F., 133, Ja.). He was the first 
of the name that settled at Tappentown; lived in a log-house 
with Barnt Kool (Barent Coles). The place was conveyed to 
George, Mch. 25, 1762, by Coles, who continued to live with 
George and died there. May, 1903, this property has all been 
purchased by Winthrop and the name changed to Fruit- 
ledge. Barent Kool and Leybe Schump were witnesses at W. H. 
Sep. 17,1752. The deed given to George is in possession of Mrs. 
Jeremiah Seaman of Jericho. 
Issue : 

William (see). 

Isaac (see). 

Jeremiah (see). 

Coles, m. Hannah . 

Jemime. 

GEORGE TAPPEN, of Tappentown, son of WilHam, m. Eliza- 
beth Lowree. 
Issue : 

John, m. Charlotte Brush. 

Hannah, m. James Hicks. 

Sarah, m. Benjamin Starkins. 

William, m. Ann Mansfield. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 545 

Susan, m. Valentine; m. Moore. 

George, m. Elizabeth Smith. 

Jackson, m. Jane Bailey. 

ISAAC TAPPEN, son of George and Dinah , m. . 

His will dated Mch. 8, 1825 (R. L. E., F., 281, Ja.). He makes 
a bequest to his housekeeper, Sarah Rubade. 
Issue : 

Daniel Keen, m. Jane McQueen. 

Leonard. 

Mentions six gd.-sons: Charles, Willett, Edward, Mott, Andrew, 
and Albert. 

JEREMIAH TAPPEN, son of George and Dinah , m. 

. His will dated Oct. 15, 1819 (R. L. D., F., 234, Ja.). 

Issue : 

Doennah. 

Mary Ann. 

Pheby. 

And one unnamed. 

WILLIAM TAPPEN, son of George and Dinah ; was a 

soldier in the Revolution; was wounded at Sag Harbor, where 
he died. 

Issue: 

George, m. Elizabeth Lowree. 

DEBORAH TAPPEN, b. 1778; d. Nov. 28, 1846. 

ELIZABETH TAPPEN, b. Feb. 17, 1778; d. Dec. 25, 1830. 

GEORGE TAPPEN, b. Oct. 12, 1775; d. Feb. 27, 1849. 

WILLIAM TAPPEN, b. Jan. 30, 1808; d. Mch. 3, 1873. 

They are bd. on the farm of William Titus near Jericho. 

JOHN TATTERSON, son of Richard, d. Feb. 28, 1859 at C. S. 
(accidentally poisoned); m., Oct. 26, 1819, Rachel S. Layton, 
dau. of Garret and Jane Seaman, b. July 23, 1798; d. Feb. 19, 
1859. Lived at C. S. on a farm formerly owned by Epenetus 
Nostrand. 

ANDREW TEATER, of Upper Red Hook, b. Feb. 19, 1819; 
m., 1854, Ruth Monfoort, dau. of Elias and Elizabeth Swade. 
Issue: 

Alida E. 

WilHam S. 



546 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

ISAAC TER BOSS, of Dutchess Co., m. Antje Monfoort, dau. 
of Peter and Catryntje Ditmas, b. before 1752. 
Issue : 

Gate. 

Sarah. 

EUzabeth. 

Anne. 

Named by their gd. -father Peter in his will. 

JOHN TERHUNE, son of Albert and Aaltje Voorhees, m. 
Nelly Duryea, dau. of Abraham and Elizabeth Polhemius. 

OLIVER TERREL, of So. Hempstead, m., Dec. 7, 1836, Mary 
B. Laton of Wheatly, dau. of David and Madelena Hegeman, 
b. Mch., 1816; d. Aug. 7, 1863. 

JOHANES TEVER, m. Cattrina Becker. 
Issiae: 

Johanes, bp. May 18, 1783. 

WILLIAM THOMPSON, of Adams Co., Pa., m. Mary Cassat, 
dau. of Jacob and Maria Monfoort. 
Issue: 

Sarah, m. David Monfoort. 

SAMUEL C. THORNE, d. 1862; m., 1818, Maria Hoogland, 
dau. of Elbert and Willemtje Duryea, b. Sep. 30, 1801; d. May 
5. 1879. 

THOMAS THORNE, m., May i, 1777, Abigail Sands; m. (2*^), 
Apl. 19, 1795, at P. C, Ja., Sarah Onderdonk, dau. of Adreyean 
and Gertrude Lott, b. July 17, 1759; d. Feb. 3, 1819. 

THOMAS THORNE, m., Feb. 27, 1805, P. C, Ja., Nancy Nos- 
trandt of Flushing. 

CORNELIUS TIERS, d. Apl. 27, 1798, a. 30. o. 13; m. Nancy 

, d. Oct. 15, 1846, a. 76. 3. 19.; bd. at Hewlets. 

Issue: 

Margaret, d. Nov. 22, 1797. 

DANIEL TITUS, of East Woods, b. Jan. 25, 1807; m., Jan. 2, 
1827, at W. H., Ann Van Wicklen, dau. of John and EHzabeth 
Monfoort, b. Nov. i, 1806. 
Issue : 

Esther, m. Charles Luyster. 

EPENETUS TITUS, of Mineola, b. Apl. 10, 1799; d. Dec. 30, 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 547 

1887; m., Dec. 25, 1830, Mary Nostrand, dau. of David and 
Martha Titus, b. Mch. 20, 1809; d. Dec. 31, 1898, at Mineola. 
Issue : 

David, b. Apl. 21, 1833; 

Martha Jane, b. Jan. 20, 1835; ^- ]^^^ Willis. 

Mary Esther, b. Aug. 20, 1837. 

Silas A., b. Nov. 26, 1846; d. Oct. 24, 1848. 

JACOB TITUS, d. 1849; m., Jan. 8, 1808 (?), Hannah Mott, 
dau. of Samuel and Maragrieta Cashow, b. Aug. 2, 1788; bp. 
Sep. 7, 1788, at W. H. 
Issue : 

Eleanor, m. Samuel Frost. 

Mary Margaret, m. Richard M. Bowne. 

Samuel M., who was born in Glen Cove on May 31, 1819. On 
November 2, 185 1, he married Hannah Elizabeth Willis, eldest 
daughter of Jacob B. and Phebe Hewlett of Cedar Swamp, now 
known as Glen Head. Cedar Swamp is the source of the stream 
of water which flows from that locality through a winding valley 
of picturesque beauty to the Glen Cove lakes, and thence into 
the waters of Hempstead Harbor. 

Mr. Titus had been a director in the Glen Cove Mutual Insur- 
ance Company for forty-four years. He had been the president 
of this company for ten years, having been elected to that office 
in 1893. His aid in the establishment of a permanent location 
for the Queens County Agricultural Society was invaluable. His 
tastes were largely toward agricultural pursuits, and he en- 
joyed the summer and the autumn fairs at Mineola with keen 
relish. 

JAMES TITUS, d. Jan. 3, 1868; m., June 13, 1833, Sarah Van 
Cott, dau. of Cornelius and Sarah Ludlum, b. Oct. 20, 1798. 

TIMOTHY TITUS, of the Crossroads, d. Jan. 29, 1850, a. 
84. 5. 29.; m., Dec. ID, 1791, Magdaline Hoogland, dau. of 
Wilhelmus and Maria Hegeman, b. Aug. 14, 1765; d. Nov. 20, 
1796; m. (2'') Margaret Titus, dau. of Jacob and Margaret 
Keen, d. Aug. 9, 1855, a. 82. 7. 4. 
Issue (by first wife) : 

Andries, m. Phebe Wiggins. 

Edmund, m. Mary Burt. 



548 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

(By second wife) : 

Timothy, m. Martha Williams. 

Benjamin, m. Adams. 

Martha, m. Charles Frost. 

Charity, m. Ephraim Hawks. 

Sarah, m. Horace Hinman. 

Mary, not m. 

Ruth, not m. 

Margaret, not m. 

TOTTEN, m. Ann Losey, dau. of Simon and Margaret 

Kouk (sup. Cock). 
Issue : 

Hendrick. 

Femmetje. 

Jannetje. 

Grietye. 

Mattye. 

All bp. May 12, 1751. 

JOSEPH TOTTEN, m., Aug. 29, 1784, at P. C, Ja., Catherine 
Monfoort, dau. of William and Phebe Hoogland. 
Issue: 

William Monfort, bp. June 17, 1787, at Ss. Witness, Fem- 
metie Monfoort. 

Phebe, bp. Aug. 18, 1793, at Ss. 

John, bp. July 8, 1798, at Nn. 

Catherine, b. 1801 ; d.May 29, 1871, a. 70. 7. 27 ; bd. at Newtown. 

TOWNSEND : The three brothers came to this country before 
1645 and settled at O. B. Their names were John, Henr}^ 
Richard. They were from Norwich, Norfolk Co., England. 
Henry was in O. B. in 1687. His sons were Robert, John ("Mill 
John"), Henry. 

ALEXANDER TOWNSEND, of C. S., son of Micajah and Han- 
nah Tredwell, b. Aug. 24, 1827; d. Oct. 25, 1892; m., Dec. 16, 
1877, Ella Areson. 
Issue : 

E. Augusta, m. Frederick Vernon. 

Alexander. 

Florence. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 549 

CHARLES WRIGHT TOWNSEND, son of John K. and Har- 
riet Wright, b. Nov. 5, 1803; d. Sep. 4, 1850, at Hempstead; 
m. Anna Prince, d. Aug. 22, 1828, at Flushing. 
Issue : 

John K., b. Sep. 28, 1825; d. June 4, 1856, at N. Y. 

CLARENCE M. TOWNSEND, of C. S., son of John T. and 
Mary EHzabeth Montfort, b. Oct. 13, 1857; m., Feb. 7, 1879, 
Ida V. Rose. 
Issue : 

Edna. 

EPENETUS PLATT TOWNSEND, son of John K. and Harriet 
Wright, b. Mch. 7, 1807 ; d. Nov. 25, 1853, at N. Y. ; m. Angelina 
I. Bell. 

Issue : 

Clarissa Bell. 

Harriet Wright. 

Frances Louise. 

EPENETUS TOWNSEND, Rev^ son of Micajah and Elizabeth 
Piatt, b. Apl., 1742; m., Sep. 10, 1769, at Newtown, On., Lucy 
Beach. All of this family were drowned at sea, between N. Y. 
and Nova Scotia, during the Revolution, in the fall of 1779. 
Issue : 

Epenetus, b. Oct. 31, 1770. 

Lucy, b. Nov. 3, 1772. 

Twins ^ ^^^^J^^' ^- J^^^ 2^' ^775. 
] John, b. June 28, 1775. 

EPENETUS TOWNSEND, son of Micah and Mary Wells, b. 
Jan. 24, 1783; d. Jan., 1839, at Gin., O. ; m. Polly Stoughton, 
b. Dec. 10, 1785; d. July 14, 1819, at Putnam, 0. 
Issue : 

Harriet Matilda, d. in Ohio. 

Marshal. 

Mandana. 

Mary Matilda, b. June 29, 1819. 

GEORGE D. TOWNSEND, m., Apl. 18, 1832, at E. N., Betsy 
J. Franklin, dau. of Walter and Laetitia Wright, b. June 27, 
1802; d. Nov. 23, 1869, at Po'k., N. Y. 

GIDEON TOWNSEND, m. Louisa Monfoort (her first husband) , 



550 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

dau. of Hendrick and Jannetye Noordstrandt, bp, Apl. lo, 1743 
in Fishkill. 
Issue: 

Gideon, b. Dec. 28, 1766. 

HEWLETT TOWNSEND, of C. S. 
Issue (in part) : 

Elizabeth, m., Nov. 27, 1794, Jacob, son of Prior Townsend. 

Nancy, m., Sep. 15, 1799, Benjamin, son of the Rev''. 
Benjamin Coles. 

Hewlett, m., Aug. 22, 1802, Ethalaner, dau. of Jacob Coles. 

Sally, m., July 12, 18 10, Rowland Allen. 

Mary, m., Dec. 23, 1809, Robert F. Underhill. 

ISAAC W. TOWNSEND, d. Feb. 26, 1859, in W^burg.; m. 
Rebecca Schenck, dau. of Roelof and Febe Mitchell, bp. Sep. 22, 
1799, at W. H.; d. Jan. 12, 1879. 
Issue : 

Sarah Jane, m., July i, 1850, Wallace W. Williams. 

JOHN TOWNSEND ("Mill John"), son of Henry the emi- 
grant, m. ; m. (2'') Hester Smith, dau. of Abraham 

of H'd. 

Issue : 

Jotham. 

Micajah, m. Elizabeth Piatt; m. Mirelah Townsend, wid. ; m. 
Anna Frost, wid. 

John. 

Tonadab. 

JOHN K. TOWNSEND, son of Jotham and Deborah Kirk, b. 
Sep. 28, 1777; d. Dec. 3, 1861, at Hempstead; m., Dec. 3, 1802, 
at N. Y., Harriet Wright. 
Issue : 

Charles Wright, b. Nov. 5, 1803; d. Sep. 4, 1850, at H'd. 

Epenetus Piatt, b. Mch. 7, 1807; d. Nov. 25, 1855, at N. Y. 

JOHN T. TOWNSEND, of C. S., son of Micajah and Hannah 
Tredwell, b. Sep. 22, 1830; d. July 21, 1891; m., June 4, 1856, 
Mary Elizabeth Montfort, dau. of James M. and Elizabeth Luy- 
ster, b. Jan. 4, 1840. 
Issue : 

Clarence M., m. Ida V. Rose. 

M. Augusta. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 55 1 

JOTHAM TOWNSEND, of C. S., son of Micajah and Elizabeth 
Piatt, b. Sep. i8, 1746; d. Oct. 22, 1815; m., Aug. 12, 1775, 
Deborah Kirk, dau. of John and Mary Wright, b. Nov. 22, 1745; 
d. Feb. 27, 1841, On her monument at C. S.: "Her path 
through life was that of rectitude, and Christianity the basis of 
her faith and hope." He inherited the farm in C. S., and was 
connected with the Society for the Suppression of Vice, Aug. 23, 
1815. A long obituary was in the L. I. Star, Nov. i, 1815. 
Issue : 

Micah, b. July 12, 1776; d. Dec. 15, 1776. 

John Kirk, m. Harriet Wright. 

Micajah, m. Hannah Tredwell. 

* Epenetus, b. Mch. 6, 1780; d. Sep. 2, 1801; bd. 3d. 
MICAH TOWNSEND, son of Micajah and EHzabeth Piatt, b- 

May 13, 1749; d. Apl. 23, 1832, at Clarenceville, C. E.; m., Aug. 
13, 1778, Mary Wells, dau. of Col. Samuel Wells, of Vt., b. Apl. 
25, 1760; d. June 27, 1831. 
Issue : 

Harriet Matilda, b. Aug. 9, 1779; d. May 2, 1848, at Montreal. 

Samuel Wells, m. Pamela Lawrence. 

Epenetus, m. Polly Stoughton. 

Rebecca Gale, b. Nov. 21, 1784; m. Hawley, d. Dec. 3, 

1830, at Philipsburgh, C. E. 

Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1786; d. Sep. 27, 1839; m. Taylor. 

Micajah, m. Anne Elizabeth Davidson. 

Elizabeth Piatt, b. Feb. 26, 1793; m. Wells, d. Feb. 14, 

1 84 1, at Farnham. 

Sarah Barnard, b. Jan. 31, 1800; m. Hill, d. Mch. 25, 

1844, at Highgate, Vt. 

MICAJAH TOWNSEND, of O. B., son ofjohn ("Mill John"), 
b. 1699; d. Nov. 9, 1781; bd. Nov. 10, 1781; m. (i''), Apl. 23, 
1732, Elizabeth Piatt of O. B.,b. 1707; d. May 16, 1759; m. (2^^) 
Dec, 1760, Mirelah, wid. of J. Townsend; she d. soon after; 

* His monument reads: 

"Like as a shadow, or the morning dew. 
My days are past and spent, which were but few, 
Grieve not for me, dear friends, it is in vain, 
For your great loss is my eternal gain." 



552 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

m. (3*^), Dec, 1763, Anne, widow of George Frost. His will, 
dated Apl. 30, 1781; proved May 16, 1782 (R. L. 34, F., 669, 
N. Y.) ; mentions his wife as Ann Coles. He obtained land in 
C. S. that his uncle Robert had received from the Indians. 
Issue : 

Piatt, m. Elizabeth Hubbard; m. Patty Dickinson. 

Hannah, b. Aug. 29, 1735; d. Mch. 26, 1738. 

Isaac, b. Dec. 10, 1737; d. Jan. 4, 1757. 

Hannah, b. Nov. 19, 1739; d. Dec. 15, 1740- 

Epenetus, m. Lucy Beach. 

Elisabeth, b. July 20, 1745; d. Sep. 8, 1745. 

Jotham, m. Deborah Kirk. 

Micah, m. Mary Wells. 

No issue by second and third wives. 

MICAJAH TOWNSEND, of C. S., son of Jotham and Deborah 
Kirk, b. Nov. 17, 1782; d. Oct. i, 1861; m., Jan. 15, 1817, at 
Cow Neck, Hannah Tredwell, dau. of John, b. May 17, 1800; d. 
Feb. 19, 1874. Hannah's sister Margaret m. at the same time 
Daniel Smith; Rev'* Mr. Hart officiated. Apl. 30, 1817, Micajah 
was commissioned Col. of the 117"' Reg. 
Issue : 

Jotham, b. Nov. i, 1817; d. Nov. 6, 1817. 

Ann Augusta, m. William C. Carpenter. 

Mary Tredwell, m., Dec. 21, 1843, Daniel V. Smith. 

Alexander, m. Ella Areson. 

John Tredwell, m. Mary Elizabeth Montfort. 

MICAJAH TOWNSEND (Rev^.), son of Micah and Mary 
Wells, b. Jan. 22, 1789; d. Jan. 17, 1871; m., Mch. 19, 1823, 
Anne Elizabeth Davidson, b. Feb. 13, 1806; d. Apl., 1834, at 
Clarenceville ; m. (2'*), July 6, 1836, Sarah Kellogg Nash, b. Apl. 
8, 1805. 

Issue (by first wife) : 

Morris Miller, b. Mch. 24, 1825. 

Frances Lupton, b. Mch. 9, 1827; d. Apl. 23, 1832. 

Micajah, b. Nov. i, 1831; d. Nov. 8, 1833. 
(By second wife) : 

Twins 1^^^^''^-^P^-'^''^^^- 
xwms ifjobart, b. Apl. 15, 1837. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 553 

Anne Eliza, b. May 20, 1840. 

Helen, b. Oct. 23, 1842. 

Francis M., b. Mch. 19, 1845. 

Harriet Matilda, b. July 2, 1848. 

PLATT TOWNSEND, M.D., son of Micajah and Elizabeth 
Piatt, b. June 25, 1733; d. Oct. 28, 1816; m., Apl. 26, 1760, 
Elizabeth Hubbard, b. 1743; d. Oct. 2, 1776; m., (2''), Oct. 15, 
1777, Patty Dickinson. Obituary notice in the L. I. Star, dated 
Dec. 4, 1816, speaks of him as being the founder of the village 
of Walton, Del. Co., N. Y. 
Issue (by first wife) : 

Elizabeth, b. Apl. 25, 1763; d. 1798. 

Isaac, b. Nov. 23, 1766. 

William, b. Aug. 23, 1768. 

Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1770; d. 1797. 

Piatt, b. Nov. 26, 1774; d. Mch. 23, 1776. 
(By second wife) : 

Frances Piatt, b. Feb. i, 1779; d. 1833, on Long Island. 

Piatt, b. Nov. 21, 1784; was drowned in 1805. 

SAMUEL WELLS TOWNSEND, son of Micah and Mary Wells, 
b. May 24, 1781; d. Apl. 12, 1817, at Cambridge, Vt. ; m., Mch., 
1802, Pamela Lawrence, b. May 17, 1782. 
Issue : 

Sophia Augusta, b. Jan. 30, 1804; d. Nov., 1829, at Lockport, 
N. Y. 

Erastus, b. Apl. 12, 1807; d. Apl., 1853, at Enosbergh, Vt. 

Mary Ann, b. Apl. 2, 1809. 

Micajah, b. Mch. 10, 1812. 

Catherine M., b. Jan. i, 1815. 

Lydia Ta3dor, b. Apl. 8, 1817. 

WALTER F. TOWNSEND, m., Jan. 8, 1857, at W. H., Mary 
W. Franklin, dau. of Walter and Laetitia Wright, b. Jan. 15, 
18*05, a-t Fg. ; d. Jan. 11, 1891. 

KASPARIS TYMES, m. Melle Hils. 
Issue: 

Saartye, bp. July 14, 1782. 

JAMES AUSTIN UNDERHILL, m., Aug. 23, 1848, Catherine 
Hegeman, dau. of Jeremiah and Rebecca Hegeman,b. May 8, 1828. 



554 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Issue : 

rjy . j Georgiana, b. Nov. 5, 1851; d. Nov. 9, 1851. 
i Pauline, b. Nov. 5, 1851; d. Dec. 26, 1852. 

Clarina B., b. Nov. 10, 1853 ; m. Geo. W. Alpers. 

Julia L., b. Oct. 22, 1857; m. H. George Pickslay. 

James Edgar, b. Aug. 2, i860; d. July 24, . 

ABRAHAM VAN ARSDALE, m. Elizabeth Nostrand, dau. of 
Peter and Mary Seaman. 
Issue : 

Isaac, m. Mary Jane Horton. 

Peter. 

Nicholas, b. Apl. 25, 18 17. 

These boys went to school in W. H., to Aaron Simonson, 
teacher, previous to July 25, 1823. 

BENJAMIN VAN ARSDALEN, m. Rebecca Van Nostrand. 
Issue: 

Habily, bp. July 22, 1819, at New Hackensack. 

ISAAC VAN ARSDALE, son of Abraham and Elizabeth Nos- 
trand, b. Aug. 17, 1813; d. Feb. 20, 1869; m. Mary Jane Horton, 
dau. of Joseph and Mary Ann Hawks. 
Issue: 

Joseph H., b. July 13, 1843; d. Apl. 6, 1862; bd. at E. N. 

JAN VAN ARSDALE, m. Sarah Monfoort, dau. Peter and 
Johannah Langestraat, b. 1754, in Hunterdon Co., N. J.; bp. 
Feb. 6, 1755, at Redding. 
Issue : 

Peter. 

Cornelius, m. Bilbe. 

John, d. young. 

Isaac. 

Sarah, m. Cunny. 

Hannah, m. Banta. 

Phoebe, m. Van Doren, 

Ola, m. Campbell. 

Mary, m. Hawkins. 

NICHOLAS VAN ARSDALE, m. Rebecca Van Nostrand. 
Issue: 

Mary Ann, b. Mch. 5, 181 5. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 555 

GEORGE VAN BRUNT, of N. U., son of Rutgert and Eliza- 
beth Van Voorhees, b. Mch. 4, 1731; m. Elizabeth Durye, dau. 
of Joost and Catharine Schenck. 

JAN VANBRUNT, m. Maragryeta Sedam. 
Issue : 

Jan, bp. Oct. 16, 1791. 

CLAES (NICHOLAS) CORNELISE VAN COTT, emigrated in 
1652; was a resident of Bk., where he took the oath in 1687; 
d. prior to Aug. 21, 1694. 
Issue : 

Cornelius, m. Antje Sprong. 

David, m. Rachel Sprong. 

Johannes, m. Barbara Conselyea. 

CERNELES VAN KATS, m. Marta . 

Issue : 

Curnelis, bp. June 23, 1752. 

CORNELIUS VAN COTT, of Fh., son of Nicholas, m., Mch. 11, 
1720, at Fh., Antje Sprong, dau. of David and Rachel Lequier, 
bp. Mch. 29, 1696. His will dated Dec. 13, 1726; proved Apl. 
22, 1737 (R. L. 13, F., 74, N. Y.). The adm' were Charles 
Duryee, Volkert Volkertson, Gabriel Sprong, Jr. He was a mem- 
ber of Capt. Titus' Kings Co. Militia Co. in 17 15. 
Issue : 

Cornells, m. Merse Stryker. 

David. 

CORNELIUS VAN COTT, son of Cornelius and Antje Sprong, 
m. Merse Stryker. 
Issue : 

Cornelius, bp. Sep. 19, 1756. 

Martha, bp. Aug. 5, 1764. 

CORNELIUS VAN COTT, of O. B., son of Nicholas and Jan- 
netye Wortman, b. July 14, 1765; bp. Aug. 4, 1765; d. Nov. 12, 
1849; m. Sarah Ludlum, dau. of Thomas, b. Oct. 9, 1766; d. 
Mch. 27, 1855. 
Issue : 

Ann, m. John R. Weeks. 

James, b. Aug. 2, 1794; d. Jan. 29, 1859. 

Eliza m. George Remsen. 



556 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Sarah, m. James Titus. 
Maria, m. Robert W. Martin. 
Jane, b. 1803; d. Jan. 13, 1886. 
Emma, b. July, 1807; d. Aug. i, 1859. 
John, m. Margaret McCoun. 

DAVID VAN COTT, of Bk., son of Nicholas, d. May 18, 1760; 
m. Rachel Sprong, dau. of David and Rachel Luquier, b. Dec. 
12, 1702. His will dated July i, 1750; proved July 30, 1760 
(R. L. 22, F., 195, N. Y.). He belonged to the Kings Co. Militia 
Co. of Capt. Francis Titus in Bk., 17 15. 
Issue: 

Catrina, m. William Braambos. 

David of O. B., m. (sup.), Nov. 3, 1761. Martha Chichester. 

Rachel. 

Mary. 

ELBERT VAN COTT, of E. W., son of John and Maria Voor- 
his, b. Feb. 8, 1833; m. Phebe Duryea, dau. of James V. and 
Jane Cashow. 
Issue : 

William of Syosset, m. Gertrude Van Nostrand, July 3, 1897. 

Laura. 

Frederick. 

GARRET VAN COTT, Jr. 
Issue : 

Nicholas. 

Catherine. 

Sally Ann. 

These children went to school in W. H. to Aaron Simonson 
before July 22, 1823, and during the year 1824. 

GARRET VAN COTT, son of Nicholas and Jannetye Wortman, 
bp. June 4, 1761; m. Sarah Butler of O. B., b. Aug. 23, 1767; 
d. June 15, 1 83 1. Ad. in L. I. Star: 

"Six cents reward. 

"Ran away from the subscriber, a black boy, name Jim, (and 
not very black,) about six feet high, thick lips, large fiat nose 
and large hands and feet, had on when he went away linsey 
woolsey coat and trowsers. Whoever will return the said boy 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 557 

to the subscriber at Wolver Hollow, shall receive the above 
reward and no charges paid. 

"All persons are forbid trusting him, &c. 

"Wolver Hollow, Dec. 23, 1818. 

"Garret Van Cott." 
Issue : 

Thomas, m. Sarah Bailey. 

Sarah, b. May i, 1803; d. Oct. 23, 1805. 

John, m. Maria Voorhis, 

GARRET VAN COTT, of W. H., son of John and Maria Voor- 
his, b. Sep. 8, 1834; m., Apl. 7, 1858, Sarah Luyster, dau. of 
John B. and Ann Simonson, b. June 26, 1837. 
Issue : 

Henry Clay, b. Nov. 26, 1859; m. Ella June Mitchell; m. 
Lena Underbill (nee Rogers). 

John A., m. Cora Mott Duryea. 

GEORGE VAN COTT, of C. S., son of John and Ann Perbasco, 
b. June 10, 1787; d. May 24, 1868; m., Jan. i, 1815, Mary Titus, 
b. Apl. 12, 1781; d. Sep. 17, 1852. 
Issue : 

John, b. Oct. 17, 1815; not m. ; d. Apl. 10, 1861. 

Ann, m. Daniel Hegeman. 

Martha, m. Lorenzo Hendrickson. 

Mary, m. Alfred Hoogland. 

Nicholas, m. Sarah Maria Bayles ; m. Celia Carpenter. 

GEORGE VAN COTT, of Farmingdale, son of Tunis and Ann 
Brush, b. June 14, 1791; d. June 20, 1874; m., June 28, 1815, 
at Hd., Elizabeth Nostrand of Bethpage, dau. of Peter and 
Martha Van Cott, b. Oct. 12, 1796; d. Aug. 12, 1887. Both bd. 
in a small plot in the heart of Farmingdale. 
Issue : 

Andris, m. Sarah F. Burch. 

Armenia, m. — — Hubbs. 

Almira, m. Whitson Smith. 

George Riley, m. Eliza Green. 

Tunis, b. Oct. 21, 1821; d. Jan. 25, 1890; m. Mary Oakley, 
b. Dec. 25, 1822; d. Aug. 22, 1865. They with two children 
are buried in the same plot as the father. 



558 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

JOHANNES VAN COTT, of Bk., son of Nicholas the emigrant, 
m. Barbara Conselye. His will, dated Dec. i6, 1721; (R. L. 9, 
F., 356, N. Y.), gives his oldest son Johannes ^7. 10. Tunis, 
50.S., and his youngest son Claes (Nicholas), ;^5. In 17 15 
he was a member of the Kings Co. militia, Capt. Francis Titus 
of Bush wick. 
Issue : 

Johannes, m. Catrina Sprong. 

Tunis, m. Barratje Conselye. 

Nicholas (Claes), m. Jannetye Wortman. 

Catherine. 

Maritye. 

Annatje. 

JOHANNES VAN COTT, son of Johannes and Barbara Con- 
selye, m. Catrina Sprong, dau. of David and Rachel Lequier, b. 
Oct. 15, 1713. 
Issue : 

Catrina, bp. June 24, 1743. 

Tunnus, bp. July 19, 1745. Witness, Jan Conselye. 

Marcete, bp. Apl. 22, 1747. 

Barbarate Jan Konselye, bp. June 13, 1750. 

Daniel, bp. Oct. 29, 1752. 

Annetye, bp. Aug. 3, 1755. Witness, Cornelius Van Cott. 

JOHANNIS VAN COTT, m., Apl. 20, 1765, Doortie Fine of 
East Woods. 
Issue : 

Ante, bp. Mch. 9, 1766. 

Catryna, bp. Mch. 19, 1769. 

JOHANNES VAN COTT, son of Nicholas and Jannetye Wort- 
man, bp. Apl. 22, 1747; m. Ester Allen. 
Issue: 
William, bp. Apl. 21, 1775. 

JOHN VAN COTT, of W. H., son of Nicholas and Jannetye 
Wortman, bp. June 13, 1750; bd. Dec. 12, 1799; m. Ann Per- 
basco, b. 1760; d. May 2, 1792. His will, dated Nov. 16, 1799; 
proved Jan. 27, 1800 (R. L. A., F., 504, Ja.), gives his son George 
his silver mounted "Horse Whip." 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 559 

Issue : 
Nicholas, b. Dec. i6, 1784; d. July 14, 1814. His will (R. L. 
C, F., 360, Ja.). 

George, m. Mary Titus. 
Henry, (sup.) d. young. 

JOHN VAN COTT, of W. H., son of Garret and Sarah Butler, 
b. Jan. 4, 1807; d. Aug. 30, 1854; m., Apl. 23, 1832, Maria 
Voorhis, a widow, and dau. of John and Febe Bennet, b. July 
31, 1801; d. Sep. 3, 1880. 
Issue : 
Elbert, m. Phebe Duryea. 
Garret, m. Sarah Luyster. 
John Henry, m. Mary Amanda Titus. 
Sarah Maria, m. John H. Youngs. 
Catherine Jane, m. William H. Simonson. 
George S., b. Apl. 22, 1843; d. June 20, 1849. 
JOHN VAN COTT, of the Clefs, son of Cornelius and Sarah 
Ludlum, b. Apl. 25, 1810; d. June 12, 1891; m., Oct. 9, 1849, 
Margaret McCoun, b. Jan. 25, 1814; d. Mch. 21, 1852. 

"Oyster Bay, L. I., May 21. — An important partition sale, 
according to a recent order of the supreme court, was made by 
William Rasquin, Jr., yesterday in the town hall at Oyster Bay. 
The sale was for the benefit of the heirs of the late John Van 
Cott, who was a son of Cornelius Van Cott. There were ninety- 
four acres in all, ninety acres of which formed the property, 
which, with the buildings, was known as the old Van Cott home- 
stead. Much of the property faces on the water, where Oyster 
Bay harbor and West harbor meet, and located opposite and 
but a short distance from the Seawanhaka Yacht Club house. 
Issue: None. 
JOHN HENRY VAN COTT, son of John and Maria Voorhis, 
b. Feb. 6, 1837; m. Mary Amanda Titus, dau. of Edmund. 
Issue : 

Clarence, m. Velsor. 

Grant. 
Frank. 
Edmund 
May. 



560 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

JONAS VAN COTT, of Huntington, son of Tunis and Ann 

Brush, m. . Executed a deed, June 16, 1802 (R. L. C, 

F., 412, Rd.). 
Issue : 

Mary Ann. 

Susan Jane. 

NICHOLAS VAN COTT, son of Johannes and Barbara Con- 
selye, m. Jannetje Wortman, dau. of John and Jannetje Letten, 
bp. Oct. 22, 1727, at Ja. He bought land in W. H., Nov. i, 
1766. Witnesses to bp. 3 and 4, Jan Wortman and Jennete Let- 
ten; to 9, Gerrit Wortman and Sarah Peters; to 12, Schrell 
Simonson and Phebe Wortman. 
Issue : 

1. Jan, bp. July 19, 1745, at Ss. 

2. Johannes, m. Ester Allen. 

3. Jannietie, m. Joseph Meers. 

4. Jan, m. Ann Perbasco. 

5. Maretie, bp. Mch. 31, 1752, at Ss. 

6. Nicolas, m. Yanna Peters. 

7. Ann, m. Henry Maybe. 

8. Tunis, bp. Feb. 11, 1759, at Ss. ; m. (sup.) Ann Brush. 

9. Gerrit, m. Sarah Butler of O. B. 

10. Roode, bp. May 7, 1763; m. John Peters of E. N. 

11. Cornelius, m. Sarah Ludlum. 

12. Femechye, m. Samuel Cheesman. 

NICHOLAS VAN COTT, of W. H., son of Nicholas and Jan- 
netje Wortman, bp. Mch. 12, 1754, at Ss. ; bd. Dec. 12, 1811; 
m. Yanna Peters. His Will dated Dec. 3, 181 1; proved Dec. 
26, 1811 (R. L. C, F., 186, Ja.). He got badly burned and died 
from the effect. 
Issue : 

None. 

NICHOLAS VAN COTT, of C. S., son of George and Mary 
Titus, b. May 27, 1825; d. Feb. 20, 1897; m. (i") Sarah Maria 
Bayles, Apl. 23, 1848, b. Apl. 12, 1829; d. Mch. 12, 1884; m. 
(2'') Celia Carpenter, dau. of Coles. 
Issue : 

Mary Annah, b. Apl. 29, 1851; d. Jan. 20, 1872. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 561 

Samuel H., m. Phebe Alma Duryea. 
No issue by second wife. 

PETER VAN COTT, son of Tunis and Ann Brush, m., Aug. 
27, 1775, Sarah Seaman. 

SAMUEL H. VAN COTT, of C. S., son of Nicholas and Sarah 
Maria Bayles, b. Dec. 10, 1852; m., Dec. 10, 1873, Phebe Alma 
Duryea, dau. of George and Sarah Post. 
Issue : 

George. 

Frederick. 

Grace. 

THOMAS VAN COTT, son of Garret and Sarah Butler, b. Dec. 
16, 1794; d. Dec. I, 1842; m. Sarah Bayley, dau. of Samuel 
and Elizabeth Finch and widow of Zopher Piatt. 
Issue: 

Sarah Elizabeth, m. Richard Brower. 

TUNIS VAN COTT, son of Johannes and Barbara Conselye, 
m. Barratje Conselye. 
Issue : 

Tunis, bp. Sep. 15, 1751. 

Jan, bp. May 14, 1754. 

Barbarate, bp. Nov. 2, 1760. 

TUNIS VAN COTT, of Bethpage (sup.), son of Nicholas and 
Jannetje Wortman, m., Feb. 15, 1775, Ann Brush of E. W. He 
bought land of John Powell, Feb. 16, 1786; see deed dated 
May 8, 1828 (R. L. I., F., 415, Rd.). His will dated June 22, 
1825; proved Nov. 15, 1826 (R. L. 3, F., 236, Rd.). 
Issue : 

Hannah, m. Weeks. 

Deborah, m. Samuel Walters. 

Amy, m. Rulof Voorhis. 

Mary, m. Jacob Hawkshurst, 

Jonas. 

Peter, m. Sarah Seaman. 

George, m. Elizabeth Nostrand. 

John. 



Cornelius and James Van Cott, dwelling east of Hd., July, 



562 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

1776, remonstrated against the orders of the Provincial Con- 
gress that all the cattle on the south and west part of the Island 
be driven away from the coast. 

Gabriel Van Cott of O. B. conveyed, July 5, 1774, to Jacob 
Totten and Daniel Van Cott, Bethpage. 

Gabriel Van Cott of Smithtown and his wife Charity executed 
a deed of land at that place, Nov. 7, 1825. 

John Van Cott of Huntington and his wife Rachel executed a 
deed, Apl. 13, 1800. 

DERRICK VANDERBILT, of Hd., son of John and Gertruit 
Hardenberg, bp. Nov. 10, 1727, at Ja. ; m., Oct. 4, 1751, at 
Huntington, Etye Hoogland of O. B., dau. of Cornelius and 
Maria Hardenberg, bp. July 25, 1730. 
Issue : 

Marya, bp. Feb. 16, 1755, at W. H. 

HENDRICK VANDERBILT, son of John and Margaret Hoog- 
land, b. Feb. 19, 1747; bp. Apl. 22, 1747, at Ja. ; bd. Jan. 6, 
1781; m. Elizabeth Duryea, dau. of Daniel and Maragrieta 
Kock, bp. Apl. 29, 1753 (her first husband). His will dated Dec. 
30, 1780; proved Oct. 15, 1782 (R. L. 35, F., 183, N. Y.). 
Issue : 

Maragrita, bp. May 6, 1770. 

Femytie, bp. June 24, 1773. 

Elizabeth. 

Margritie, bp. May 19, 1776, at Ss. 

JACOB VANDERBILT, of Manhattan Island, son of John 
(Jan), the emigrant, m., Aug. 13, 1687, Maria Van der Vliet, 
dau. of Dirck Janse the emigrant, and widow of Andries Onder- 
donck. 

Issue : 

John, m. Gertruit Hardenberg; m. Margaret Hoogland. 

Jacob, Jr., of Staten Island, b. 1692. 

Derrick, bp. Apl. 25, 1696. 

Antje, m. Abraham Brinckerhof. 

Hendrick, bp. Apl. 10, 1705, at Ja. 

Femmetje, m. Gozen Adrienz. 

JOHN VANDERBILT, of Hd., son of Jacob and Maria Van der 
Vliet, m. (i"), Apl. 2, 1715, Gertruit Hardenberg; m. (2^) Mar- 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 563 

garet Hoogland, dau. of William and widow of Garret Harden- 
berg. His will dated Apl. 30, 1761 ; proved May 25, 1768 (R. L. 
26, F., 330, N. Y.). His executors were his two sons, John 
and Garret ; and his two nephews, Hendrick and Peter Onder- 
donck. The farm at Hempstead Harbor was sold, Oct. 10, 
1768. 

Issue (by first wife) : 

Marya, m. Garret Nostrand. 

Margaret, bp. Sep. 10, 1717; m. Dodge. 

Geertruy, m. Isaac Remsen. 

John, m. Catryna Brinckerhoff . 

Jacob, bp. Nov. 15, 1724. 

Derrick, m. Etye Hoogland. 

Antie, bp. Sep. 7, 1730. 
(By second wife) : 

Garret, bp. Nov. 9, 1733; bd. Mch. 25, 1779. 

William, b. Sep. 27, 1740. 

Hendrick, m. Elizabeth Duryea. 

JOHN VANDERBILT, son of John and Gertruit Hardenberg, 
b. Aug. 2, 1722; bp. Aug. 19, 1722, at Ja.; d. Apl. 28, 1804; 
bd. Apl. 30, 1804; m., Jan. 16, 1750, Katrina Brinckerhof, dau. 
of Abraham and Annetje Vanderbilt, b. Apl. 14, 1721 ; d. Apl. 7, 
1795. (Psalm Book record.) 
Issue : 

Jan, b. Jul}^ 20, 1751 ; bp. Sep. 15, 1751 ; d. Aug. 3, 1809. 

Annetty, m. Jacobus Monfoort. 

Twins \ ^^^™y' ^- J^^y ^9. 1759; bp. Oct. 7, 1759. 

1 Abram.b. July 29,1759; bp. Oct. 7, 1759; d. Aug., 1775. 

Gatruy and Abram were b. on Sunday at the breaking of the 
day. 

JEREMIAH VANDERBILT, of Fh., son of Jeremiah and 
Peternella WyckofE, bd. Nov. 14, 1785; m. Sara (Sartie) Van 
Brunt, dau. of Rutgert and Elizabeth Van Voorhis, b. May 4, 
1718. 

Issue: 

Ida (Eyda), m. Rem Hegeman. 

JEREMIAH VANDERBILT, of Hd. Will dated Feb. 27, 1801 ; 
proved May 4, 1801 (R. L. B., F., 53, Ja.), mentions his first 



564 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

wife's daughters, Lanah and Abigail, and his son-in-law, Rutgert 
Van Brunt. 
Issue : 

John. 

Jeremiah. 

Neely. 

JEREMIAH VANDERBILT, of Hd., m. EHzabeth . His 

will, dated July 31, 1805; proved May i, 1807 (R. L. C, F., 6, 
Ja.) , mentions his brother John, brother-in-law Tunis Van Brunt, 
who were the executors. 

JAN VANDERVEER, m. Jane Ousben. 
Issue : 

Antenette, bp. Mch. 16, 1788. 

Elizabeth, bp. Jan. 29, 1790. 

Jan, bp. July 24, 1791. 

Maria, bp. Oct. 27, 1793. 

Jan, bp. July 17, 1796. 

Abraham, bp. Apl. 8, 1798. 

ALLEBARTYS VANDEWATERS, m. Elisabeth Skilman. 
Issue : 

Elizabeth, bp. July 8, 1781. 

Janatye, bp. June 13, 1784. 

PETER VAN DEWATER, farmer, m., Apl. 6, 1833, Gloriana 
Mott. 

DAVID VAN DUIN, son of Denys Gerretse, m. Ida Monfort, 
dau. of Peter and Margaret HafE. Both reed, as members on 
confession at North Branch, N. J., in 1747. 

Issue : 

Denys, bp. Jan. i, 1744, at Rn. 

GERRET CORNELISE VAN DUYN, of N. U., son of Cornells 
and Matilda Huyken, b. Sep. 6, 1691; d. Aug. 7, 1777; m. 
Altie Van Nostrand, dau. of Garret Hansen and Jannetje Van- 
derbeek (Remsen). Will dated May 3, 1773; proved Oct. 16, 
1784 (R. L. 38, F., 33, N. Y.). 
Issue: 

Cornelius, bp. Sep. 29, 1724; m. Sarah Verkerk. 

Altie, b. Oct. 22, 1729; m. Anthony Hulst of Gowanus. 

Mageltie, b. Aug. 23, 1732; m. Wm. Brower of Fishkill. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 565 

Jacomyntje, b. Aug. 22, 1737; d. 1746. 

John, b. Mch. 14, 1743; m. Nelly Martense; m. Nela Vander 
Hoven. 

JOHN VAN LIEU,- of Fg., yeoman, m. Neeltie . His 

will dated July 28, 1767; proved Oct. 29, 1767 (R. L. 26, F., 
135. N. Y.). 
Issue : 

Henry. 

Frederick. 

John. 

Dinah, bp. May 8, 1759; m. Borland. 

Mary, m. Peter Monfoort. 

Catherine, m. Van Pelt. 

Sarah, m. John Remsen. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND, of the town of Hemp"?, son of 
Jacob Jansen and Jannetje Jacobse. A young man b. in Albany ; 
m., Sep. 4, 1687, in Kingston, Aeltje Van Steenwyck, born in 
Kingston, dau. of Albert; m. by D° Van den Bosck; Aeltje d. 
after Sep. 12, 1708. The first child by his second wife was bp. 
in Ja. in 17 10. His second wife was Geerty fon Gelder, who 
survived him. In 1693 was on the assessment roll in Flatbush. 
Mcli. 7, 1695/6 he bought two house plots of Gerardus Beekman, 
in Fh., which he sold May 27, 1704, to Johannes Jansen (L. B., 
F., 31, Fh. Record). In 1698 was in the census of Fh. and 
having five children. Apl. 14, 1707, he and Aeltje were wit- 
nesses in Ja. at the baptism of a granddaughter, Elizabeth 
Alburtis. Aug. 12, 1708, they were also witnesses in Ja. at 
the baptism of Jacob Alburtis. May 13, 17 14, he filed the "ear 
mark" for his cattle (H. T. R.). June 17, 17 14, a letter was 
written by Will Lake to Geo. Clark requesting him to pay Aroon 
Van Oostend for constructing a well. Sep. 17, 17 15, he was a 
member of Capt. Treadwell's trained band in Hd. June 2, 1726, 
he was of Foster's Meadow as per H. T. R. (L. 2.,F., 91). Feb. 2, 
1729, he and Geerty were witnesses at the bp. of Aaron, son of 
his son John and Lammetie Ryerson. Apl. 14, 1731, he sub- 
scribed ;^3. 10. towards the building of the church at Success. 
In 1732 his "sit place" was transferred to his son Abram, and 
in 1762 the vrou's place of Aaron was transferred to his dau.'s 



566 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Maritie and Elyzebet. His will dated June 12, 1745; proved 
June 18, 1751 (R. L. 17, F., 373, N. Y.). 

THE WILL. 

" In the name of God Amen, the 12"' day of June in the year 
of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and forty five. 
I Aaron Vannortstrandt of Hempstead" in Queens County on the 
Island of Nassau in the Colony of New York, Turner, being aged 
and infirm of Body but of perfect mind and memory, thanks be 
given unto Almighty God therefor. Calling unto mind the mor- 
tality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men 
to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, 
that is to say, principally and first of all I give and recommend 
my soul into the hands of God that gave it and for my Body I 
recommend it to the earth, to be buried in a Christian like and 
decent manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter 
named, nothing doubting but at the general Resurrection I shall 
receive the same again by the Almighty power of God, and as 
touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to 
bless me with in this life, I give devise and dispose of the same 
in the following manner and form. 

" Item. I order that in the first place all my just debts with 
funeral charges shall be paid out of my personal Estate by my 
Executors hereafter named. 

" Item. I give and bequeath unto Geertry my dearly beloved 
wife the sum of twenty pounds of good and Lawful! money to 
be raised and paid out of my personal Estate after my decease, 
by my executors hereafter named. 

" Item. I do give and hereby order that my aforesaid wife 
Geertry shall have the whole use and benefit of all and singular 
of my Housings, Barns, Orchards, Lands, Meadows, Messuages, 
tenements, appurtenances that I have in any manner of ways 
belonging unto me, for her my said wife to possess during her 
widowhood and that my said wife shall not commit any waste 
nor Imbezel any of my timber nor appurtenances thereupon, 
but to have the use and Liberty of so much as is necessary 
to be made use of on my said lands and what I have herein 
given and bequeathed unto Geertry my aforesaid wife is and 
shall be in Lieu of her dower and thirds and to bar her of and 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 567 

from having any right to any part or parcell of my estate 
of both Real and Personal, either by law or any other ways 
whatsoever. 

"Item it is my Will and I do hereby order that provided 
my aforesaid wife or any other person shall Imbezel or committ 
any waste of any of my timber or appurtenances in any other 
ways, then as I have herein above allowed her the use and bene- 
fit thereof viz, that then and in that case, I do hereby order and 
impower my Executors hereafter named with as good Power 
and Authority to prosecute by law as they shall think best for 
the preventing of any such Imbezeling or waste whatsoever as 
aforesaid as I myself could have done against any other person 
whatsoever in my life time. 

"Item. I give and bequeath all the remainder part of all 
my personal Estate, that I have not herein above ordered given 
and bequeathed, to be equally divided among my children, and 
grand children hereafter named, viz, my sons, Jacob, Albert, 
John, Aaron, Moses, William, Isaac, Evert and David, my 
daughters, Ann, Alche, Geertry, Mary, Elizabeth and Jannaca, 
my grand children viz, the children of my daughter Jane Albur- 
tis deceased, and the children of my daughter Hilleche Hen- 
drickson deceased that is my said gd children to have such 
part divided unto them as their mother or mothers should have 
had to have but equal with each of my other children. 

"Item. I do hereby order and empower my Executors here- 
after named with as good Power and Authority as I myself 
now have or could have had in my life time, that immediately 
after the decease of Gerrtry my aforesaid wife or at her mar- 
riage or within any reasonable time after, at their discretion as 
they shall think fit to the best advantage to sell all my Housings, 
Barns, Orchards, Lands, Outlands, Rights in Common and un- 
divided lands and all my meadows both Salt and Fresh with all 
tenements Hereditaments, Improvements thereupon or there- 
unto belonging but provided my said executors do not sell my 
aforementioned Lands and Tenements immediately after the 
Marriage or decease of my aforesaid wife, that then the prof- 
its and benefits of my said Lands, Meadows and Tenements 
shall be appropriated and divided by my Executors among my 



568 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

children and grand chil as is above named in the same manner 
as my personal Estate is to be divided. 

"Item. I give and bequeath unto my children and Gdchil- 
dren as is above named all the money that all my aforesaid 
Lands Meadows Tenements and appurtenances as is above men- 
tioned shall be sold for, to be equally divided among them as 
the money and payments shall become payable and due and to 
be divided and paid in the same manner as I have herein above 
ordered my personal Estate to be paid and divided to them. 

"Item. It is my Will and I do hereby order that provided 
my aforesaid wife Gerrtry shall demand her dower at law or 
refuse after my decease to sign her acquittance for all her dower 
in law that she hath in and to all my estate or by law might 
have, that then I do hereby order and it is my Will that she my 
said wife shall not have no part of any part of my Estate of 
neither Real or Personal, but that the said sum of twenty pounds 
as I have herein above given and bequeathed unto her shall be 
taken divided and paid, by my Executors hereafter named as a 
part of my Estate to them my aforesaid Children and gd children 
neither shall my said wife have any Benefit of this my Will in 
and to my Lands & Tenements nor any other part of my estate 
in any ways whatsoever. 

"Item. Lastly. 

"I constitute, make, ordain and appoint my loving son Jacob 
Van Norstrandt my bro in law Evert fon Gelder and my loving 
friend John Hegeman of Flushing, Executors of this my last 
W & T. Revoking &c. 

The mark 

"Aaron A Vannortstrandt." 

of 

Issue : 
Jannetje, m. James Alburtis. 
Jacob, of Ja. and Wolver Hollow, not m. 
Albert, m. Echberte Hendricksen; m. Antje De Mott. 
John, m. Lammatie Ryerson. 
Aaron, m. Sarah Ammerman. 

Moses, m. Abigail . 

Ann, m. John Wortman. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 569 

Gertry, m. Joost Duryea. 

Hilleche, m. Abraham Hendricksen. 

William, m. Catherine De Voe, 
(By second wife) : 

Alche, bp. , 1 7 10, in Ja. Witnesses: Benjamin Hegeman 

and Geertruy Von Gelder. 

Abraham, bp. June 25, 171 1, in Ja. ; not mentioned in the 
will. 

Isaac, m. Fransentje . 

Evert, m. Phebe Skidmore. 

David, m. Marya Deen. 

Mary, bp. Jan. 2, 17 17, in Ja. Witnesses: Jacob and Hilleche, 
her half bro. and sister. 

Elizabeth, bp. Jan. 17, 1720, in Ja. 

Yornaca, bp. Nov. 28, 1725. The witnesses: Cornelius and 
Sarah Ryerson. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND, turner, of Ja., son of Aaron and 
Aeltje Van Steenwyck, b. in Fh. ; m. Sarah Ammerman, dau. 

of Isaac and Greetje . May 27, 1731, he and wife were 

present at the bp"" of Isaac Ammerman in Ja. His will dated 
Jan. 13, 1764; proved Apl. 23, 1764 (R. L. 24, F., 393, N. Y.). 
He gives to each of his daughters a linen wheel. His executors 
disposed of his real estate, Mch. 26, 1764, as per L. D., F., 467, 
Ja.. T. R. 

Issue: 

Aultje, bp. July 3, 1729; (sup.) m. James Turner, Apl. 29, 
1746, Hd. 

Isaac. 

Aaron, bp. June 31, 1734; d. young. 

Aaron, m. Sarah Poyer. 

Greetje, bp. May 15, 1740. 

Sarah. 

Janitje. 

Ann, bp. June 18, 1749; (sup.) m. Tunis Hoogland. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND, yeoman, of North Side, town of 
Hempstead, son of Albert and Egbertie Hendrickson, bp. in 
Ja., Apl. 20, 1 7 18 (witnesses, Aaron and Geertie fon Gelder); 
m. Wainche Luyster, dau. of Peter and Sarah Monfoort, b. May 



570 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

28, 1719. His will proved Mch. 13, 1760 (R. L. 21, F., 510, 
N. Y.). He gives to his son Albert his gun, sorde, cartuche box 
and belt. The executors were his brother Jacob and brother-in- 
law Jacobus Luyster. The witnesses: Peter Luyster, Albert 
Van Nostrand, and Samson Crooker. 
Issue : 

Sarah, bp. Aug. 17, 1746. Witnesses: Peter Luyster and 
Sarah Monfoort. d. young. 

Sarah, m. Jan Schenck. 

Albert, m. Sara Hegeman. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND, of Hempstead, son of John and 
Lammatie Ryerson, b. Jan. 7, 1729 ; bp. Feb. 2, in Ja. (witnesses, 
Aaron Van Nostrand and Geerty fon Gelder) ; d. Jan. 7, 1824, 
or Jan. 21, 1825, a. 96. o. 14.; m., Dec. 18, 1763, Susannah Cor- 
nell, who d. Feb. 11, 1793; m. (2'') Elizabeth (Ryder) Brincker- 
hoff, a widow the Consort, b. Apl. 15, 1726; d. Feb. 18, 1816, 
a. 89; bd. at F. M. His will dated Oct. 12, 1820; proved Apl. 
30, 1825 (R. L. E., F., 301, Ja.). Elizabeth's will dated Apl. 6, 
1807; proved Feb. 20, 1817 (R. L. D., F., 68, Ja.). Her execu- 
tors were John Nostrand of the town of Hemp"*, Timothy Nos- 
trand of Ja. The witnesses: Samuel Wright, Robert Nostrand, 
Richard H. Van Nostrand. She was ad. a member at Ss. by con- 
fession, Apl. 25, 1 80 1. In the great Bible willed to him by his 
father he writes: "Aaron Drayer his Book hand date i'' of May 
1765." July 12, 1772, he was appointed Cornet of Capt. Richard 
Thome's Troop of Light Horse in Queens Co., Jacob Mott, 
captain, by W" Tryon. 

Issue (by first wife) : 

John, m. Sarah Hewlett. 
(By second wife) : 

None. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND, of Ja., son of Aaron and Sarah Am- 
merman, bp. July 22, 1738; d. Jan. 22, 1822, a. 84; m., June 13, 
1760, at St. George's Church, Hd., Sarah Poyer, dau. of Thomas 
(an Episcopal minister) and Sarah Oldfield, (sup.) d. Aug. 
23, 1807, a. 75. 9. o. He was one of the church wardens and 
vestrymen in St. George's Church, Hd. He was sexton of 
Grace Church in Ja., and tolled the funeral bell from 1773 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 5/1 

to 1820. Was a loyalist during the Revolution. He broke his 
leg, Mch. 26, 1806, and the church voted 13 dollars to pay his 
doctor's bill. He kept a record of burials while sexton, making 
a record containing 776 names. (His of Grace Church, by 
Henry Onderdonck, Jr.) 
Issue : 

John, m. Rachel Hinchman. 

(Sup.) Catharine. 

(Sup.) Thomas, m. Abigail Abrahams. 

(Sup.) James, m. Sarah Van Nostrand. 

(Sup.) Joseph, d. May 2, 1792; bd. May 3, at E. C, Ja. 

AARON VAN NOORTSTRAND, of Huntington, Connecticut, 
son of Moses and Abigael, bp. Aug. 5, 1731, at Ja. (witnesses, 

Aaron and Geertye fon Gelder) ; m. . A record of the 

above was written in 1870, by Harlow Van Ostrand, from infor- 
mation obtained in 1842, from his gd.-father Aaron. 
Issue : 

* Aaron, m. Hannah Vangeline (french). 
Charles (see). 

(Sup.) Albert, the circuit rider, m. Hannah . 

Stephen, captured by the French on a trip to the West Indies. 
Polly, married a Northrup, living in N. Y. with a dau. 

* Jemima, b. 1757; bp. May 3, 1757, at Tarrytown; married 
a Thompson; living in 1842 near Mt. Morris, 85 years old. 

Betsy, married a Brister; last heard from in Hartford. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND (called STINE), sup. son of Isaac 
and Franstiente, bp. May 3, 1751, at Ja. 
Issue : 

David, m. Levina , who was bd. May 31, 1868. Issue: a 

child, bd. July 18, 1849. 

Isaac, m. Mary Jane . 

Aaron, bd. Nov. 15, 1865. 

Thaddeus Ostrander, bd. Aug. 25. 1850. Child, bd. July 29, 
1848. Child, bd. Sep. 18, i860. 

AARON VAN OSTRAND, of Milton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., son 
of Aaron of Huntington, Conn., b. Jan. 12, 1755; bp. Mch. 14, 
1755, at Tarrytown (witness, Abigael, the gd. -mother) ; d. Nov. 
* The witness at these two bps. was Abigail. 



572 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

24, 1844 ; m. Hannah Vangeline (french). He moved from Conn, 
with his family, to Milton soon after the Revolution. 
Issue : 

Zacheus, left a large family in western N. Y. 

Isaac, d. in Nunda, Allegheny Co. 

Sally, m. a Pennoyer and d. at or near Fabians. 

Rebecca, m. Abel Whalen and d. in Penfield, N. Y. 

David, b. 1787; m. 3 times; living at Saratoga Springs in 
Aug., 1870 (see). 

Polly, m. a Stone; living in 1870 with her dau. Hannah 
Whalen in Ballston. 

Aaron, m. Betsy Collins. 

Hannah, m. a Palmer and d. at Galway. No issue. 

Deborah, d. not m. in Milton. 

Amy, m. Hezekiah Crapo; d. in Ballston. 

Rufus, lives in Adrian, Mich. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND, of Cedar Swamp, son of Albert and 
Sara Hegeman, bp. Oct. 19, 1778, in W. H.; d. Aug. 5, 1842; 
m. Sarah Hoogland, dau. of Cornelius and Elizabeth Luyster, 
bp. Nov. 13, 1785, in W. H. His will dated Oct. 8, 1834 (R. L. 
3, F., 295, Ja.). He is the one connected with the debating 
society for so many years. 

Albert, m. Martha Ann Kirby. 

Sarah Elizabeth, m. Caleb Kirby, of Roslyn, Jan. 20, 1841. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND, son of Martin and Sarah Losee, b. 
Aug. 15, 1778; bp. Oct. 22, 1778, at Hd. ; d. Apl. 24, 1861, a. 
82. 8. 9.; m., Nov. 15, 1803, in Bklyn., Sarah Van Nostrand, 
dau. of John and Hannah Bedell, b. Jan. 30, 1783; d. July 14, 
1871, a. 88. 5. 15. He was in the milk business in Bn. ; bd. at 
Cypress Hills. Bible record in the family of George T. Cobb, 
residing at No. 30 Elderts Lane (Enfield St.), Bn. 
Issue : 

Sarah Ann, b. Oct. 21, 1804; m. Bethuel Ackerly, Dec. 6, 1823. 

Hannah Bedell, b. Dec. 21, 1809; m. Jesse C. Rowan, Mch. 
21, 1837. 

Mary Elizabeth, b. Sep. 16, 1815; m. James McKee, Dec. 16, 
1840. "Mrs. Mary E. McKee, funeral services over whose re- 
mains were held last evening, at her late residence, 398 Decatur 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 573 

Street, and who died there Thursday last, was born on a farm 
within a short distance of her last home. She was the widow of 
James McKee, and the daughter of Aaron Van Nostrand. 
Her death was due to old age and Bright's disease. The Van 
Nostrand farm house stood upon a lane at a point where 
Bainbridge Street now begins. The deceased was one of the 
oldest members of the Protestant Church of the Incarnation, 
formerly the Church of the Reformation. The interment was 
in Cypress Hills Cemetery." 

Cornelia, b. Aug. 8, 1822; m. Hunt; m. Jones. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND, of Salina, N. Y., son of Aaron 
of Milton, b. May 14, 1793; d. Mch. 21, 1832, at Salina or 
Liverpool, N. Y. ; m., Feb. 16, 1815, in N. Y., Betsy 
(Elizabeth) Collins, b. June 13, 1797; d. Nov. 9, 1877, at 
Neenah, Wis. 
Issue : 

Alonzo Morgan, m. Cordelia E. Smith. 

Dexter Hamilton, m. Hadassa Dexter. 

Mortimer, b. Nov. 5, 1822; d. in Watertown, a. 10. 

Harriet, b. Sep. 5, 1824, in Liverpool, N, Y. ; m. James Still- 
well, Sep. 2, 1846, in Galway, N. Y. ; m. John Earle at West 
Milton; living in 1899 at Gilroy, Cal. 

De Witt CHnton, m. EHza O. Wheeler; m. Frances Ely. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND, m., Aug. 5, 1792, P. C, Ja., Patience 
Wright. 

AARON VAN NOSTRAND, son of George and Catherine Smith, 
b. 1831; d. Feb. 27, 1863; bd. at F. M., a. 32. 5.; m. Mary 
Dunlap. He was a minister. 
Issue : 

Nora. 

Sarah Catherine. 

ABRAHAM VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Lamache 
Ryerson, b. Aug. 23, 1736; bp. Sep. 5, 1736, at Ja. (witnesses, 
William and Aeltje Van Nostrand), d. Feb. 16, 1795; bd. 
at F. M.; not m. His will, dated Jan. 10, 1791; not proved, 
is an index will and in possession of John H. Van Nostrand of 
F. M. 

ABRAHAM VAN NOSTRAND, son of William and Phoebe 



574 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Sherwood, b. Jan. 29, 1789; d. 1867; m., Jan. 25, 1817, Susan- 
nah Lindsley. Was in the grocery business in N. Y. City to 
about i860, when he moved to the vicinity of Johnstown, where 
he died. 

Issue : 

Phoebe, b. Jan. 4, 1818. 

EHza. 

Emeline. 

ABRAHAM VAN NOSTRAND, of Bn., son of Martin and Sarah 
Losee, b. Feb. 19, 1791; d. Feb. 5, 1848; bd. in Greenwood; 
m., Oct. 5, 1814, Amy Smith, dau. of Benj., b. Apl. 5, 1789; 
d. July 17, 1831; bd. in Greenwood; m. (2'*) Clara Elmore (nee 
Bouton), b. Jan. 14, 1794; d. Nov. 7, 1840; bd. in Greenwood; 
m. (3*^) Sarah Weeks, a widow of Capt. John McManus, b. 1798; 
d. Oct. 4, 1882, a. 84; bd. at O. B. His will dated Nov. 8, 1845; 
proved Feb. 28, 1848 (R. L. 10, F., 474, Bn.). He was a manu- 
facturer of patent leather. 
Issue : 

Aert Middagh, b. Sep. 8, 1815; not m. ; d. Oct. 3, 1882. 

Joseph, m. Martha Fowler. 

Edgerton S., b. 1818; d. 1819. 

Phoebe S., b. Feb. 17, 1820; not m. ; living in July, 1901. 

Martin, b. Nov. 26, 1821; not m. ; d. Mch. 30, 1850. 

Benjamin S., m. (see). 

James William, b. Oct. 17, 1829; m. Virginia C. Stouten- 
borough ; living in Omaha. 

His third wife's dau., Jane C. McManus, m. James Henry Van 
Nostrand. 

ABRAM VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Sarah Hewlett, 
b. Apl. 13, 1788; d. June 9, 1828; bd. at Foster's Meadow; 
m. EHza Myers of Hempstead. 
Issue: 

Norman, m. Catherine Ann Everitt. 

Abram. 

Myers, m. Hannah . 

Sarah m. John S. Norton, Aug. 23, 1841, at Hd. 

EHza, m. Thos. PearsaU of Ja., Jan. 3, 1836. 

ABRAM VAN NOSTRAND, d. Oct. 23, 1882, a. 73. 9. 12.; 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, 575 

m. Margaret De Clark, d. Mch. 8, 1886, a. 74. 4. 28.; bd. at 
Nanuet. 

Issue : 

William Henry, d. June 18, 1833, a. 3. 3. 2. 

ABRAM VAN NOSTRAND, of C. S., son of Garret and Mary 
Ann Snediker, m. Loize Waldron, dau. of Jeremiah and Eleanor 
Laton. 

Issue : 

Mary, m. Henry Smith. 

Willet Seaman, m. Henrietta S. Caniff. 

Clarence, d. June 10, 1898, at L. V., a. 38; bd. at L. V.; m. 
Phebe Southard. 3 children. 

James, m. Alma Southard. 

Gertrude, m., July 3, 1897, at E. N., Wm. H. Van Cott of 
Syosset. 

John, of East Hinsdale, m. H. De Mott of Mineola, June, 1891. 

Alice, m. Edward Ketcham of H'd, Sep. 11, 1898. 

ABRAHAM BLOODGOOD VAN NOSTRAND, son of George 
and Nauchey Ann Ousterman, b. Feb. 26, 1842; m., Mch. 23, 
1864, Mary A. Barlow, b. July 20, 1849. He kept a store at 
Springville, town of Fg. 
Issue : 

Mary A., b. Apl. 3, 1865; m. Gustave Kalkhof, Apl. 2, 1882. 

Alice Josephine, b. Apl. 26, 1868; m. Benj. F. Cheesman, 
Oct. 9, 1888. 

(The compiler is indebted to Mrs. Cheesman for the dates. 
She lived at Whitestone, where her husband is in business.) 

"At Whitestone, L. I., on Friday, January 16, 1903, Alice 
Josephine, wife of Benjamin F. Cheesman, in the 35th year of 
her age. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend 
the funeral services, at Grace Church, Whitestone, on Monday, 
January 19, at two p.m." 

ADRIAN VAN NOSTRAND, of Little Neck, son of Albert and 
Sara Hegeman, b. Nov. 22, 1786; bp. Dec. 31, 1786, in W. H.; 
d. Nov. 16, 1838; m., Aug. 27, 1810, Sarah Laton of Wheatly, 
dau. of William and Sarah Brinkerhoff, b. Dec. 6, 1792; bp. Jan. 
I, 1793, in W. H.; d. Mch. 24, 1884. Jan. 28, 181 1, the "sit 
place" belonging to Sarah's gd. -father, David, was transferred to 



576 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Adrian Van Nostrand. This record is from a Bible in possession 
of Ann Cornell, copied Apl. 15, 1900. 
Issue : 

William L., m. Marian Woolley. 

Ann, m. Thomas Jefferson Cornell. 

Albert, b. Oct. 12, 1816; d. Dec. 31, 1816. 

Albert, m. Harriet Louise Williams. 

Elenor, bp. Feb. 8, 1818; m. Richard Cornell. 

David L., m. Maria Valentine; m. Lizzie Valentine. 

Adrian, m. Susan Jane Allen. 

ADRIAN VAN NOSTRAND, of Little Neck, son of Adrian and 
Sarah Laton, b. Aug. 7, 1825; bp. Oct. 30, 1825; d. Dec. 25, 
1898; m., Dec. 30, 1847, Susan Jane Allen, daii'.' of Eldert and 
Elizabeth Onderdonck, bp. July 22, 1827. 
Issue: 

George Washington. 

ALBERT VAN NORSTRAND, of the town of North Castle, 
minister of the gospel, (sup.) son of Aaron of Huntington, b. 

1752; d. Sep. 19, 1797, a. 45. II. — . ; m. Hannah . His 

will dated Sep. 6, 1797; proved Nov. 28, 1797 (R. L. B., F., 
283, Westchester Co.). Executors: Francis Childs, Sr., of 
N. Y. ; Abraham Miller of the town of North Castle; Abraham 
Davids of the town of Mt. Pleasant; James Miller of North 
Castle, one of the witnesses. Appears to have been a Methodist 
circuit rider. Monument at White Plains. 

ALBERT VAN NOSTRAND, son of Aaron and Wyntie Luy- 
ster, bp. Nov. 5, 1749, in W. H. (witnesses, Albert and Antje 
De Mott) ; d. Nov. 9, 1822; m., June 11, 1773, Sara Hegeman, 
dau. of Adriaen and Annatie Bennett, bp. Mch. 28, 1756; d. 
Nov., 1815; Apl. 14, 1785, he was of Searingtown. They were 
admitted to the church on confession, Oct. 28, 18 15. 
Issue : 

Aaron, m. Sarah Hoogland. 

Antye, bp. Mch. 18, 1781; d. Mch. 11, 1852; not m. 

Adreyan, m. Sarah Laton. 

Jeromas, m. Anna Maria Cornell. 

Sarah, b. July 20, 1798; d. Apl. 9, 1876; bd. at Douglaston. 

June 10, 1823, the four younger children united in a deed to 



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A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 577 

their brother Aaron of a farm in C. S. (R. L. M. M., F., 154, 
Ja.). 

ALBERT VAN NOSTRAND, yeoman, of Wolver Hollow, son 
of Aaron and Aultje Van Steenwyck, bp. Feb. 12, 1696, in N. Y. 
(witnesses, Albert Van Steenwyck and Annetje Croesvelt) ; m. 
(i") Egbertie Hendricksen, dau. of Jan; m. (2**) Antje De Mott, 
dau. of Antoni and Elsje De Mott, (sup.) bp. Apl. 24, 1709 (wit- 
nesses, Jan and Dere Bloom). Apl. 21, 17 19, he filed for record 
the earmark of his cattle (H. T. R.). He was living then at 
Foster's Meadow. Sep. 9, 1732, he was one of the original sub- 
scribers to the building fund for the church at W. H. Will 
dated May 25, 1765; proved Mch. 11, 1768 (R. L. 26, F., 208, 
N. Y.). 

Issue (by first wife) : 

Aaron, m. Wyntie Luyster. 

Jan, m. Jannetje Remsen. 

Jacob, m. Cornelia Van Wicklen. 
(By second wife) : 

Antoni, m. Mercy Hendricksen. 

Aeltje, m. Michael Golder. 

Elsje, bp. Nov. 17, 1746; m. Smith, and had issue, An- 
thony, who was heir to his uncle Antoni's long gun. 

ALBERT VAN NOSTRAND, of Cedar Swamp, son of Aaron 
and Sarah Hoogland, b. July 23, 1811; bp. Sep. 22, 181 1, in 
W. H.; d. Oct. 24, 1881, at Westbury; m., Jan. 10, 1838, Martha 
Ann Kirby, dau. of Isaac and Abigail Mott, b. July 16, 1814, 
at Little worth; d. Dec. 6, 1864, at Bklyn. 
Issue : 

Louisa, m. S. S. Moger. 

Sarah Emily, bp. Jan. 19, 1844, in W. H.; m. William F. 
Burns. 

John A., b. Sep. 19, 1846; d. Sep. 24, 1846. 

Julia A., d. in infancy. 

ALBERT VAN NOSTRAND, of Little Neck, son of Adreyan 
and Sarah Laton, b. Dec. 20, 1819; m., Feb. 24, 1847, Harriet 
Louise Williams, b. Sep. 30, 18 18. 

"Little Neck, July 25, 1902. — Mrs. Harriett L. Van Nos- 
trand, one of the best-known residents of Little Neck, died after 



578 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

a long illness at the Van Nostrand homestead, near this place 
this morning. She was born in the house which is now part of 
the Success Lake Hotel, and which has recently been purchased 
by William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Her father was Nathaniel Wil- 
liams, a prominent farmer and wheelwright of his day." 
Issue : 

Charles A., m. Louisa Frost. 

Margaret WilHs, b. Mch. 29, 1850; m. Jeremiah Conklin of 
Rd., Nov. 20, 1872. 

David L., m. Mary Emily Fleet. 

Louisa, b. Sep. 21, 1853. 

William Henry, m. Mary L. Ketcham. 

Albert, m. Phebe Eliza Woolley. 

Maria Louise, m. Harrison Moore. 

ALBERT VAN NOSTRAND, son of Jacob and Fannie Albin, 
b. 1837; m. Hattie Bishop. 
Issue: 

Albert. 

Hattie. 

Ellen. 

Manning. 

ALBERT VAN NOSTRAND, son of Albert and Harriet Louise 
Williams, b. Mch. 10, 1857 ; m., Feb. 18, 1891, Phebe E. Woolley. 
Issue: 

Grace Woodhull. 

Albert. 

Harriet W., bp. Sep. 3, 1896. 

Agnes BrinkerhofE, bp. Oct. i, 1899. 

All bp. at Mt. 

ALFRED VAN NOSTRAND, son of Stephen and Mary Eliza- 
beth Cox, m. Hattie Hutton. Feb., 1902, they had been m. 
about 18 years. He is a painter. 
Issue: 

Blanche. 

Edna. 

ALONZO MORGAN VAN NOSTRAND, M.D., son of Aaron and 
Betsy Collins, b. Apl. 4, 1818; d. Mch. 7, 1864, at Evans Mills, 
Jefferson Co.; m., Oct. 19, 1843, Cordelia E. Smith, b. Feb. 17, 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 579 

1823, at Sand Bank, N. Y. The widow and the three children 
live in Watertown. Name " Van Ostrand." 
Issue: 

Dexter, m. Agnes Phelps at Watertown. 

Anna, m. Curtis. 

Carrie, m. Place at Sand Bank. 

ANTHONY VAN NOORSTRANT, of Wolver Hollow, son of 
Albert and Antje De Mott, bp. June 6, 1731, in Ja. (witness, 
Elsje De Mott, the grandmother); bd. Nov. 7, 1801, in W. H. ; 
m., Feb. 5, 1771, Mercy Hendricksen, dau. of Abraham and 
Hilleche Van Nostrand of Ja., b. 1739; d. Dec. 19, 1819; both 
bd. at W. H. His will dated in 1801 ; proved Jan. 8, 1804 (R. L. 
B., F., 75, Ja.). Her will (R. L. D., F., 294, Ja.). 
Issue : 

None. 

He makes bequest to his niece Charity Moore, her son John. 
Nephew Anthony Smith, son of his sister Elsie, his long gun. 
Abraham, son of Margaret Weeks. To David Whaley, his 
clothing. To Elizabeth and Else Golder. Mercy makes be- 
quest to her brother Aaron Hendricksen ; to Abraham Hendrick- 
sen, son of her brother John; Abram, son of Benjamin Weeks. 

" Nov. 4, 1778. Anthony Van Nostrand was prest. at South, 
of the 17"* Dragoons, for carting of hay to Hd. : 

" Nov. 5, one load from Joseph Abbet, at South. 

" Nov. 6, one load from Israel Pearsall at Hd. Harbor: 

" Nov. 7, one load of his own from Wolver Hollow. 

" Nov. 8, one load from Israel Underhill at Cedar Swamp; 

" Nov. 9, one load from John Remsen's at Wolver Hollow. 

" Nov. 9, 1779, Hempstead. Received from Anthony Van 
Nostrand 1700 weight of hay, for the use of His Majesty's 
troops, for which George Brindley Esq, Commissary of Forage, 
will pay. 

"Samuel Claxton 

"Asst Corny of Forage." 

Nov. 5, 1783. Rev'^ Leonard Cutting, Rector of Hd., having 
been very ill, so that he can now scarce sit up to write, com- 
plains to Anthony Van Nostrand that his back salary from 
Oysterbay, for 1781, '2, & '3 remains unpaid. 



580 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Mr. Van Wyck paid it up to 1779. Mr. Isaac Hewlett was 
then chosen warden and the constable paid into the hands of 
Mr. Justice John Hewlett 20s for 1780. The constable promised 
to get him the money in a few days, but when called on, said 
he was unprepared, and then required an order from the clerk 
of the vestry. He now begs the favor of an order from Mr. 
Van Nostrand. 

ARCHIBALD E. VAN OSTRAND, son of Spencer and Fanny 
Ovary, b. Oct. 2, 1869; m., Sep. i, 1892, Ella N. Mitchell of 
Chicago, 111. He was engaged in the dry-goods business in 
Chicago. Removed to N. Y., Nov. i, 1896; studied Christian 
Science four years, and began practising same in 1900. The 
compiler is indebted to him for a copy of the Genealogical Record 
made by his grandfather, Henry Van Ostrand of Yankton, 
So. Dakota, showing the descendants of William Van North- 
strandt. 

ARENT OOSTRANDER, bp. Oct. 5, 1684, son of Pieter and 
Rebecca Jans Traphagen ; m. Geertruy Maasen Van Bloemendaal. 

Issue : 
No. of bp. Witnesses : 

.3.9. Johannes, bp. Sep. „. 1715. j t7bek£"Tt'p\\en. 

2452. Jacobus, bp. Nov. 18, 1716. \ VfJ^'^^t^J^.- 

2620. Willem, bp. Nov. 9, 1718. 
2719. Jacomyntjen, bp. Dec. 20, 1719. ] LeToostrSder'^^^'"' 

2869. Cornelis, bp. Apl. 6, 1721. \ £°™f^!f Wynkoop 

^ ' x- r- ' / ^ Hendrikjen Nieuwkirk. 

3153. Rebekka, bp. Sep. 22, 1723. \ gormanus Oostrander, 

■^ ^^ ' 'f f ' I i \ Rebekka Oostrander. 

3398. Petrus, bp. Oct. 10, 1725. \ ]fJ}^ Van Deusen, 

■^■^^ ' ^ ' / 3 \ HiUegonda Roosa. 

3944. Catrina, bp. Oct. 1 2, 1 7 29. | frnTta BriSi'.' 

4427- Maria, bp. Jan. 26, 1735. ] |a°ra Du^JSin. 

(Copied from the Kingston record.) 

ARTHUR JABEZ VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Anna 
Maria Marsh, b. Oct. 14, 1861; m., June i, 1887, Kathleen 
Gordon Logan, b. July 15, 1862. He began study of land sur- 
veying in 1879; practised in Canadian Northwest Territories 



Rachel Oostrander. 
Johannes Oostrander, 
Lea Oostrander. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 58I 

until April, 1885, when he entered into partnership with T. B. 
Speight, as Speight & Van Nostrand, Dom. and Ont. Land Sur- 
veyors at Toronto, where the firm still continues practice. The 
compiler is indebted to this gentleman for the records of the 
descendants of Cornelius of Canada. 
Issue: 

Daisy, d. at birth, Jan. 28, 1889. 

Elsie Margaret, b. Oct. 5, 1890. 

Nora Marsh, b. Mch. 16, 1893. 

Louisa Logan, b. Jan. 11, 1899. 

Marion Kathleen, b. Dec. 12, 1903. 

BENJAMIN VAN NOSTRAND, of Hempstead, son of William 
and Sarah Jarvis, b. Sep. 16, 1789; d. Nov. 8, 1877, a. 88. i. 22.; 
m. Sarah Combs of Oceanville, town of Hd., b. July 22, 1792; 
d. Mch. 18, 1884, a. 91. 7. 27. His will dated Jan. 14, 1871; 
proved Dec. 10, 1877 (R. L. 25, F., 102, Ja.). Both bd. at East 
Meadow. Mch. 19, 1836, they sold the farm in Success to Maria 
Howell which they bought from Joseph Dodge and his wife 
Catharine (Deed R. L. M. M., F., 375, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Sarah, b. Oct. 9, 1814; d. Mch. 31, 1815. 

Jacob, m. Jemime Pratt. 

Charles, m. Henrietta Place; m. Jane Ann Todd. 

Harriet Rhodes, b. Jan. i, 1825; m. John Brewer or Brower. 

Wesley, m. Phebe A. Wood. 

BENJAMIN VAN NOSTRAND, son of William and Phoebe 
Sherwood, b. May 4, 1793 ; d. 1876 ; m., Sep. 18, 1815, at Johns- 
town, N. Y., Susannah Crocker, b. Oct. 7, 1792; d. Dec, 1876. 
Moved to Herkimer Co., where the first child was born; then to 
Ulyssus, Tompkins Co., where two more were born. In 1823 
moved to Auburn for one year, and then five miles north to 
Brutus Four Corners, where he opened a shoe and leather store. 
In 1829 sold out and moved to Savannah, Wayne Co., bought 
a farm in the woods, cleared and improved it, sold again and 
moved to Rose Valley. 1854, moved to Albion, Mich., bought 
120 acres and farmed until his death. 
Issue: 

Permelia, m. Jesse 0. Wade. 



582 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Henry, m. Sarah Maria Tuller. 

Philenda, b. Sep. 14, 1821; d. at Ulyssus, a. i. o. o. 

William, m. Adaline Merriman. 

BENJAMIN VAN NOSTRAND, wife Sarah . 

Issue : 

Margaret, d. Feb. 10, 1849, a. 24. i. 10.; bd. at Hd. 

BENJAMIN VAN NOSTRAND, son of Isaac and Jemime De 
Voe, not m. ; enlisted in the Civil War and was in the heavy 
artillery under Sheridan; was taken prisoner and confined in 
Libby Prison ; came out demented and died at Mt. 

BENJAMIN S. VAN NOSTRAND, son of Abraham and Amy 

Smith; turned Romanist; b. Oct. 12, 1823; m. . He 

lived at Islip, L. I., and d. there. 
Issue : 

Two sons. 

Two daughters. 

BERNARD VAN OSTRAND, son of Jacob and Elizabeth 
Waldron, b. Feb. 10, 1809; d. Jan. 10, 1865; m, Mary Ann 
Seamann. 

Issue : 

Sarah Jane, b. Feb. 8, 1839. 

Eliza Ellen, b. Jan. 27, 1841. 

Catherine Ann, b. Jan, 15, 1843. 

John William, m. Margaret Miller. 

Jacob Edmond, b. Feb. 14, 1847. 

Margaret Maria, b. Apl. 20, 1850. 

Louisa, b. Mch. 12, 1856. 

CASPAR VAN NOSTRAND, m. Eva Frelinghuysen. 
Issue : 

Dina, bp. June 5, 1777. 

Geerte, bp. May 19, 1778. 

Maria, bp. Mch. 4, 1781. 

All at Raritan, N. J. 

CHARLES VAN NOSTRAND, son of Aaron of Huntington, 
Connecticut, d. in Ballston. 
Issue : 

Frederick, of Jefferson Co. 

Martha, m. W. S. Curtis of Ballston. 



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A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 583 

Emily, m. George Wakeman and living in 111. 

Caroline, m. — Van Roberts. 

CHARLES VAN NOSTRAND, of Wolver Hollow, son of Isaac 
and Martha Simonson, b. Dec. 5, 1797; d. Mch, 16, 1839; m. 
Jane Nostrand, dau. of John and Sarah Walters (her'first hus- 
band). He was called "Drawyer." 
Issue: 

John, m. Martha Ley decker. 

Elbert, m. Sarah Ann Titus. 

Sarah Jane, m. Thos. Lyons, who d. in New Orleans of yellow 
fever. 

CHARLES VAN NOSTRAND, son of Benjamin and Sarah 
Combs, b. Jan. 7, 1822; m. (i^') Henrietta Place; m. (2^) Mch. 
I, i860, Jane Ann Todd of East Meadow, b. Aug. 11, 1843; d. 
Aug. 9, 1893. He said he was born at Success. Living, Feb. 
22, 1901, at 226 South 4th St., W'burg; owns a farm at East 
Meadow, and is a truckman in N. Y. 
Issue (by first wife) : 

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1847. 
(By second wife) : 

Lillian, b. Jan. 9, 1861; d. Dec. 23, 1861. 

George Henry, b. May 5, 1862; d. June 3, 1867. 

Charles, b. Oct. 18, 1869; d. July 4, 1870. 

Hattie, b. Sep. 29, 187 1. 

Walter, b. Aug. 11, 1875. 

Jennie, b. Oct. 21, 1879. 

CHARLES A. VAN NOSTRAND, of Mt., son of Albert and 
Harriet Louise Williams, b. July 4, 1848; m. Louisa Frost, 
dau. of Marshall and Cornelia Valentine. 
Issue: 

Cornelia, bp. July 11, 1875; m. Frederick E. Hewlett, Dec. 
19, 1895. 

Harriet Louise, m. Charles U. Powell, Oct. 15, 1902. 

Elizabeth, bp. July 13, 1879. 

Charles H. 

Howard. 

CHARLES A. S. VAN NOSTRAND, of Fg., son of George and 
Nauchey Ann Ousterman, b. Jan. 7, 1836; m. Elizabeth Waters, 



584 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

dau. of David T. He graduated from the Albany Law School 
in 1859, and is following his profession in Fg. in 1902. 
Issue : 

Edith. 

Frederick. 

Gerard. 

David. 

CHARLES H. VAN NOSTRAND, of Orange, son of Joseph and 
Martha Fowler, b. Feb. 3, 1855; m., June 18, 1896, H. Mar- 
garet Smith. 
Issue: 

Kathleen, b. Feb. 17, 1898. 

Arthur, b. Oct. 21, 1899; d. May 20, 1901. 

CHRISTOPHER VAN NOSTRAND, m. Maria . 

Issue: 

Chrisporis, bp. May 17, 1777, at Raritan, N. J. 

CORNELIUS VAN NOSTRAND, farmer and wood turner, son 
of John and Lamache Ryerson, b. Dec. 10, 1730; bp. Dec. 27, 
1730, in Ja. (witnesses, Cornelius and Sarah Ryerson); d. May 

24, 1817, at York Mills, Ontario, Can.; m. (i") Jemime ; 

m. (2^), Jan. 31, 1769, Catherine Durlin; m. (3''), Apl. 28, 1773,, 
at Hd., Millisent Betts, b. Nov. 25, 1733; d. Apl. 10, 1812. 

Apl. 2, 1765, he protested against the town resolution, that 
no fish be catched with a seine between May 25 and Sep. 15, 
under a penalty of 20 shillings for each haul, to go to the church 
wardens (H. T. R.). Apl. i, 1766, he was elected overseer of 
highways. Aug. 11, 1766, he was in Hd. and present at the 
induction of the Rev"* Leonard Cutting by the Rev'' Samuel 
Seabury. Mch. 3, 1785, was one of the vestrymen present at 
the induction of Thos. L. Moore. Was an official of St. George's 
Church from 1765 to 1785. During the Revolution he was at 
first in the American army, but afterwards joined the British 
army. He obtained a land grant from the Crown and removed 
to Toronto in 1800; bought a farm at York Mills about 1809; 
is bd. in St. John's Churchyard at that place. His will mentions 
his dau. Sarah and a gd.-son George, who was a son of Jan. His 
will dated Apl. 14, 1812; proved June 20, 1817 (R. L. 2, F., 
178. Home District Surrogate Court, York, Upper Canada), 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 585 

Issue (by first wife) : 

Jan, m. Hannah Bedell. 
(By second wife) : 

Sarah, m. James Van Nostrand. 

No trace of further issue. 

CORNELIUS VAN NOSTRAND, son of James and Sarah Van 
Nostrand, b. May 20, 1796; d. Nov. 17'', 1878; m. (i'') Mary 
Wilkinson, b. Jan. 6, 1802; d. Dec. 25, 1844; m. (2'') Mary 
Sheppard Lockwood, b. Apl. 25, 1822; d. Aug. 13, 1896. Born 
on Long Island near Hempstead, 1796; came to Toronto with 
his parents and grandfather in 1800; fought in War of 181 2-1 5, 
for which he, many years later, received a pension from the 
British Government. Owned and operated flour mills, sawmill, 
distillery, store, and farms. Failed in 1848 owing to repeal of 
British Corn Laws. Afterwards engaged in milling and as mer- 
chant on small scale. Buried in St. John's Churchyard in 1878. 
Issue (by first wife) : 

James, m. Fanny Sheppard. 

John, m. Anna Maria Marsh. 

Also several sons who d. in infancy. 
No issue by second wife. 

CORNELIUS R. VAN NOSTRAND, of Wheatly, son of John 
and Phebe Van Wicklen, bp. Mch. 13, 1808, in W. H.; d. Sep. 
12, 1887; m. Sarah R. Wooden, b. Jan. 12, 1814; d. Mch. 19, 
1S89. 

Issue : 

Catherine Ann, m., Oct. 9, 185 1, Henry Mackey of Cow Neck. 

Henrietta, m., July 4, 1852, Edward Westcott, who d. on the 
steamboat Seawanhaka. 

William of W. H., m. Fanny Bickford of Bn. 

Louisa, m. John Smith, son of Daniel of Cow Neck. 

Mary Emma, m. Thompson Layton of E. N. 

Rebecca, m. John Remsen of W. H. 

Elwood, b. Sep. 20, 1849; m. Marion Losey. 

Phebe Jane, m. John B. McQueen, Nov. 29, 1883. 

DAVID VAN NOSTRAND, of Westbury, son of Aaron and 
Geertry fon Gelder, bp. Apl. 5, 1723, at Ja. (witnesses, Hans 
Bergen and Antie Bergen) ; m. Marya Deene, Apl. 15, 1758, he 



586 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

was of Foster's Meadow; signed a consent to the closing of the 
highway called Cow Lane (H. T. R.). Apl. 7, 1783, he bought 
land on Hd. Plains from Benjamin Townsend. Dec. 10, 1796, 
a true inventory of David Vanostrand deceased's moveable 
Estate taken by Richard Townsend, David Losee. The items 
as listed amounted to ;!£82.i7. o. It is agreed by all the legatees 
that Stephen shall administer upon the estate of his father as 
he deceased without a will. Dec. 10, 1796, the bond given by 
the administrator for ;^i7o was signed by Steven Van Noor- 
strand, Aaron Van Noorstrand of Queens Co., Jacob Van 
Noorstrand of.' New York. Dec. 10, 1796, letters were issued to 
Stephen Van Nostrand (R. Vol. A., F., 64, Ja.). Apl. 2, 1833, his 
sons Aaron and Stephen sold the land in Hd. to Silas Carl. 
The deed is R. L. F. F., F., 335, Ja. Included in it is this clause: 
"in a certain Indenture made the 7* day of Apl 1783, by and 
between Benjamin Townsend of the town of O B and David 
Van Nostrand of the town of Hd the other party as that whereon 
Simon Losee formerly lived on the Plains, South of Richard 
Townsend's homestead, lyeing bounded as followeth. On the 
North by Peter Titus his land, on the East by the Highway, and 
on the South by land that lately belonged to Jotham Post, and 
on the West by the land that was Peter Losees, containing about 
5 acres." The witnesses were John Treadwell, Stephen Colyer. 
Issue : 

Elizabeth, bp. June 11, 1760, at Ss. 

Stephen, m. Hannah Hicks. 

Jacob, m. Elizabeth Smith; m. Harriet Rhodes. 

William, m. Sarah Jarvis. 

Aaron. 

DAVID VAN OSTRAND, son of Aaron of Milton, b. Aug. 4, 
1787, in Huntington, Conn.; d. Mch. 17, 1876, at Rock City 

Falls, N. Y. ; m. i", Fillmore; m. 2^, Rosanna Smith; 

m. 3'', Mary Huestis, a widow. He was living at Saratoga 
Springs in 1870. 

Issue (by first wife) : 

Henry, m. . Had no issue. 

(By second wife) : 

Harlow, m. Eleanor Tallman. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 587 

DAVID VAN NOSTRAND, son of Jacob and Harriet Rhodes, 
b. Dec. 5, 1811; m. (i") a dau. of the Rev'' Isaac Lewis, who 
d. in 18 months; m. (2'") a dau. of E. W. Nichols. He was the 
founder of the Van Nostrand PubUshing Co., located at John 
Street and Broadway, N. Y. 
Issue: 

None. 

DAVID VAN NOSTRAND, of N. Y., son of William and Sarah 

Jarvis, b. 1785; m. Hannah ; she m. (2'^) a Woodruff. 

David's will dated May 22, 18 16; proved Nov. 13, 1822 (R. L. 
57, F., 444, N. Y.). 
Issue : 

None. 

DAVID L. VAN NOSTRAND, son of Adrian and Sarah Laton, 
b. Apl. 27, 1822; d. Sep. 29, 1882, at Lt. Neck; m. (i'') Maria 
Valentine; m. (2'') Lizzie Valentine. 
Issue (by second wife) : 

Nellie May, bp. July 6, 1873; m. John W. Cake of Norfolk, 
Va. 

Henry C, b. May 22, 1875. 

DAVID L. VAN NOSTRAND, son of Albert and Harriet Louise 
Williams, b. Aug. 30, 1851 ; m., Nov. 8, 1883, Mary Emily Fleet, 
dau. of Luke of Mineola. 
Issue : 

Viola Fleet, b. Aug. 19, 1885; bp. at Mt. 

DE WITT CLINTON VAN OSTRAND, son of Aaron and Eliza- 
beth Collins, b. Oct. 4, 1827, in N. Y. State; living in 1899 at 
Neenah, Wis.; m., Mch. 4, 1856, Eliza O. Wheeler, b. Mch. 4, 
1839, at Pewaukee, Wis.; m. (2''), Nov. 5, 1878, Frances Ely, 
b. Nov. 17, 1845, at Hector, N. Y. 
Issue (by first wife) : 

Harriet, b. May 9, 1857; m., Oct., 1878, B. F. Hales; m. (2'') 
Charles Cotton; lives at Evanston, 111. 

Edwin Hubbard, b. Nov. 21, 1862, in Eldorado, Wis.; m., Dec. 
23, 1890, Mattie A. Culver * at Portage, b. Sep. 8, 1870, at Berlin, 
Wis. Issue, two children. Live at Antigo, Wis. 

* The compiler is indebted to this lady for a considerable portion of the 
family genealogy. 



588 ' A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

De Witt Clinton, b. Aug. 29, 1867, at Eldorado, m., Sep., 1896, 
Anna A. Buck, b. Nov. 5, 1872, at Berlin, Wis. Issue, two chil- 
dren. Live at Phillips, Wis. 

Laura A., b. June 26, 1869; m., June 9, 1897, Lyall J. Pinker- 
ton. Live at Neenah. 

No issue by second wife. 

DEXTER HAMILTON VAN OSTRAND, son of Aaron and 
Betsy Collins, b. Nov. 5, 1822; d. July 28, 1867, in Troy, N. Y. ; 
m., Sep., 1847, Hadassa Dexter, b. Sep. 7, 1827, in Wardsboro, 
Vt. She was a gd-dau. of David Dexter, a pensioned Revolu- 
tionary soldier. The widow resided at 245 West 128th St., N. 
Y., in Apl., 1901. 
Issue : 

Emma L., b. Sep. 14, 1848; m. Geo. S. Kellogg at Baldwins, 
L. I., Feb. 2, 1882. 

Edmund D., b. Sep., 1851 ; d. July 6, i860; drowned at Troy. 

Charles H., b. Dec. 23, 1853; d. May 17, 1895, at Moquoketa, 
Iowa; m. Carlotta Simpson. 

Infant dau, d. in 1856. 

George B., of Troy, b. Oct., 1859; m. Mary Myers, 1880. 

Hattie E., b. i860; m., Oct. 15, 1889, E. W. Cox; lives at 245 
W. 128th St., N. Y. 

Helen (Nellie) A., b. Jan. 12, 1861; not m. 

Infant son, d. 

Dexter Hudson, Jr., b. May 19, 1867. 

EDWARD TULLER VAN NOSTRAND, son of Henry and 
Sarah Maria Tuller, b. Sep. 8, 1854; m., Sep. 11, 1879, Lizzy 
Whetmore, b. July 13, 1859. Was a clerk in the drug business 
in Chicago previous to the great fire; went to Gd. Rapids and 
Muskegan and then to Allegan, Mich., where he established a 
fine drug store. 
Issue : 

Hazel, b. Aug. 27, 1881. 

Walter, b. May 26, 1883. 

Erminie, b. May 15, 1892. 

ELBERT VAN NOSTRAND, of W. H., son of Charles Van and 
Jane Nostrand, d. Apl. 16, i860; m. Sarah Ann Titus, dau. of 
Edmund. His will dated Apl, 15, i860; proved May i, i860, in Ja. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 589 

Issue: 

Josephine, m. George Tappen. 

Anna, m. Daniel Monfoort of West Hills. 

EVERT VAN NOSTRAND, son of Aaron and Geerty fon Gel- 
der, b. Apl. 10, 1721 ; bp. May 7, 1721, in Ja. ; d. Jan. 27, 1799, 
a. 77. 9. 17.; wife, Phebe Skidmore, b. June 26, 1734; d. Sep. 
26, 1828, a. 94. 3. 0.; both bd. at Foster's Meadow. He was 
named after his mother's brother, Evert fon Gelder. May 4, 
1805, Phebe was admitted to the church at Ss. on confession. 
Apl. 19, 1757, he protested against expending the public money 
for fencing the plains. Apl. 15, 1758, he signed a consent for 
the closing of a highway called "Cow Lane," running from 
Foster's Meadow to the Great Plains. Apl. 7, 1762, the execu- 
tors of his nephew John conveyed to him the land at F. M. 
Apl. 21, 1762, he conveyed the same to John's son Aaron. May 
3, 1762, he filed the "Ear Mark" of his cattle. Apl., 1772 and 
'73, he was elected overseer of highways. 
Issue : 

Abram, b. Mch. 29, 1771; bp. May 19, 177 1, in Success; d. 
Oct. 28, 1810. 

John, m. Fanny Nostrand. 

Fimmitie, bp. June 18, 1775, in Success. 

GARDINER VAN NOSTRAND, son of John James and Nancy 
R. Gardiner, b. Nov. 9, 1852; d. Jan. i, 1894, at Newburgh; 
bd. in Greenwood; m. Anna B. Stanton, dau. of Charles, of Bn. 
He was the owner of a large tract of land in South Brooklyn 
which was sold in 1897, realizing nearly a quarter of a million 
dollars. 

Issue: 

Francis S. 

Anabel G. 

They reside at Newburgh. 

GARRET VAN NOSTRAND, d. May 4, 1846; m. Eunice , 

who survived him. Letters of administration to Jacob the son, 
June 4, 1858 (R. L. 66, F., 223, N. Y.). 
Issue : 

Jacob. 

Diodema, m. Hallock. 



590 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Cornelia, m. Ellis. 

John, m. and had issue. Garret and Elizabeth. 

GEORGE VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Lamache Ryer- 
son, b. Apl. 21, 1746; m., July 20, 1769, Hyletje Durland; settled 
in Dutchess Co. Name, " Van Noorstrandt." 
Issue : 

Joseph, m. Elizabeth Mead. 

Helena, m. Abram Du Bois of Glenham. 

"Stormville, Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
"Mr. Henry A. Stoutenburgh: 

" Dear Sir, — While looking over the Fishkill Times yesterday, 
I saw a piece from you in regard to your visit to Fishkill last 
fall. I happened in the village the same time. Cousin James 
Dean sent for me to come in the bank. I met you there. He 
wanted to know what I knew in regard to the Van Nostrand 
family, which was very little, as I was taken by surprise and at 
the same time had considerable on my mind, as I am a poor 
lone widow with a farm. My mind was not on my ancestors. 
He said you had as far as George, who married Hilche Dorland, 
that was my great-great-grandfather. He bought and settled 
on the adjoining farm to mine — then the town of Fishkill, now it 
is the East Fishkill division — but what year I do not know as the 
family now owning it have not the old deed. George had two 
children, Joseph and Helena. Helena married late in life a 
widower, Abram Du Bois of Glenham. Joseph married Elizabeth 
Mead and staid on the father's farm. They had six children, 
George (my grandfather) , Phebe Ann (Mr. Dean's mother), Sarah, 
Helen Maria, James (Mrs. F. R. Benjamin's father), and Cath- 
erine. After their father's death the farm was sold to settle the 
estate. The children remained in the town of Fishkill and East 
Fishkill except two, Catherine, who married Doctor John Clapp 
and moved first to Ohio, then different parts of the west; Helen 
Maria married an Adams and went to Ohio in 1835. 1836, they 
bought a farm of 86 acres for $600 in Berkshire township. I 
have the first letter she wrote home — is the reason I am able to 
give these dates. George (the second as I call him, was my 
grandfather) married Lavina Gildersleeve (who was of Long 
Island family). They had two children, both boys; the first 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 59I 

died in infancy, the second, Joseph Henry (was my father), born 
December ist, 1827, died February 29th, 1884. He married 
Mary Elizabeth Berry, June 9th, 1858. They had two children, 
Mary Lavina (that is myself), born May 28th, 1859, and Francis 
Seymour, born August 9th, 1861. He married Harriet N. Page 
of Syracuse, November 30th, 1897, and on October 5th, 1898, 
they had a son which I was allowed to name. It being the only 
one except my brother of the original Van Nostrand family, I 
thought it should be named after the first Van Nostrand we 
knew of, so I called it George and they added the Page to it. 
My brother lives in Syracuse, 203 Borden Avenue. He is a 
postal clerk running from Syracuse to New York. This is all I 
know in regard to the V. N's. Mr. John P. Lounsbury of Wap- 
pinger Falls has the V. N. bible, which has the dates, no doubt. 
I think I told you of its whereabouts. I have the watch that 
belonged to the first George, it has his initials on the back; also 
a chair made by him, even the seat is leather, his own tanning, 
and the tacks were made by him. I believe he was a black- 
smith. It is as good as when made; the second George put 
rockers on it and it has always been in the living room, as it is 
very comfortable. The first George carried on blacksmithing 
with his farm, his son Joseph was only a farmer, the second 
George and Joseph (my grandfather and father) were both 
wagonmakers and first class. They also had a farm (small one). 
Father learned my brother the trade, which he worked at some 
before going in the mail service. A few years ago my 
brother received a letter from a Van Ostrand in South Haven, 
Michigan. I think his name was Stephen. He had a drug 
store in South Haven, and a son Robert in the post-office at that 
place. He was born near Kingston this State, but moved out 
there. When in this state they spelled their name the same as we 
with two n's. He was quite positive we were of the same family. 
He had his family tree and offered to send it to my brother, but 
we knew nothing before George, who married Hilche Borland; 
I have heard George was of a family of ten children and he came 
from Long Island to D. C. ; so my brother did not send. If you 
are still collecting, this one at South Haven has his family tree, 
and perhaps 3^ou would know whether we were a branch of that 



592 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

same tree. He wrote my brother it would be no disgrace to be 
a relative, a distant one at any rate. I am very sorry he has 
lost the letter. I do not know as any of this will interest you 
in any way. Should you at any time have a chance I would be 
pleased to know of my V. N. ancestors before George & Hilche, 
and should you have it in print please let me know. I was 
always very proud of my name Van Nostrand, although I gave 
it up before I was eighteen and my husband only lived three 
years. He had consumption, was sick about eighteen months. 
I still live on the farm and own it; the only burying since 1762 
was after my husband's death. I bought his brother out and 
the old Van Nostrand homestead is the adjoining farm. I have 
told all I know and you will really be tired and need rest. After 
I saw your piece yesterday I thought perhaps the family at 
South Haven might be a branch. 
"Very truly, 

"Mary L. Rogers, 
"Stormville, 

"Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
"March twenty-third, ninety-nine." 

GEORGE VAN NOSTRAND, of Dutchess Co., son of Joseph 
and Elizabeth Mead, m. Lavinia Gildersleeve. 
Issue : 

Joseph, m. Mary E. Berry. 

GEORGE VAN NOSTRAND, son of William and Phoebe Sher- 
wood, b. Jan. 26, 1798; d. 1888; m., Apl. 23, 1813, Hannah 
Lindsley of Johnstown, N. Y. He was a mechanic in iron or 
wood. Built a sawmill at Gloversville, N. Y., and was in 
the lumber business all his life. He invented a number of 
useful patents. Was a very domestic man and remarkable for 
his social and conversational qualities, and was highly esteemed 
by friends and neighbors. 
Issue : 

Sarah, b. ; d. in 1865. 

Hazen, b. 1816; d. 1892; m. and lived near his father at 
Gloversville, N. Y. 

GEORGE VAN NOSTRAND, of Elmont, son of John and Sarah 
Hewlett, b. Apl. 3, 1798; d. Aug. 9, 1873; bp. Feb. 24, 1799, at 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 593 

Hd. ; m. Catherine Smith, dau. of Timothy, b. July 17, 1804; 
d. Nov. 15, 1884. Aug. 8, 1829, Rev^ Mr. Hall instituted a sub- 
scription list. Geo. Van Nostrand, Esq., for Foster's Meadow. 
Was one of the officials of St. George's from 1834 to '39; was 
present at a meeting of the vestry, Jan. 22, 1841. 
Issue : 

Mary, b. Oct. 10, 1826; d. May 31, 1890. 

Emily, b. Jan. 14, 1829; bp. Aug. 2 at Hd. 

Aaron, m. Mary Dunlap, 

Elizabeth. 

John H., bp. Apl. 26, 1854, Hs. ; m. Adelaid Lockwood; live 
at Elmont. 

George, not m. ; bp. and conf., May 24, 1856, Hs. ; lives in the 
old homestead. 

Sarah Catherine, b. Sep. 23, 1843; ^- ^^b. 16, 1845. 

This family were in the fifties all communicants at Hewletts. 

GEORGE VAN OSTRAND, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Wal- 
dron, b. Feb. 27, 181 1; d. 1870; m. Ann Locke. 
Issue : 

Jacob. 

Ira. 

Matilda. 

Evelyn. 

GEORGE VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Phebe Van Wick- 
len, b. Sep. 20, 1811; bp. Nov. 19, 1811, in W. H.; d. May 10, 
1897, at 59 Farrington St.; m., July 10, 1833, Nauchey Ann 
Ousterman, dau. of David, b. Sep. 7, 1813; d. Oct. 20, 1896. 
He settled in Flushing and was engaged for fifty years in car- 
riage and wagon building. 
Issue : 

Catharine E., b. Apl. 26, 1834; d. young, 8 yrs. 

Charles A. S., m. Elizabeth Waters. 

John D., m. Mary A. Smith. 

Abram B., m. Mary A. Barlow. 

Joseph B., m. Eliza Lott. 

GEORGE VAN NOSTRAND, son of Isaac and Jemime De Voe, 
not m. He enlisted in the Civil War and was in the heavy 
artillery under Sheridan; was taken prisoner and died in the 
pen at Salisbury. 



594 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

GEORGE JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Anna 
Maria Marsh, b. Aug. 4, 1857, m., Aug. 28, 1883, Henrietta 
Mackenzie, b. Jan. 3, 1863 (?). Engaged in lumbering, then as 
accountant in Toronto, now shareholder and director in the 
Northrop & Lyman Co., Toronto (wholesale manufacturers of 
drugs and patent medicines), also shareholder and director in 
the E. B. Shuttleworth Co., Toronto (manufacturers of drugs 
and chemicals). 
Issue : 

John, b. Dec. 4, 1885. 

Cornelius Innes, b. June 29, 1887. 

Gretchen, b. Dec. 4, 1892. 

GERRET VAN NOSTRAND, son of john and Phebe Van Wick- 
len, bp. Oct. 4, 1804, in W. H.; d. Mch. 5, 1876; m. Mary Ann 
Snediker, dau. of Isaac and Sarah Springer, b. Oct. 22, 181 2; 
d. Dec. 13, 1884. Was a farmer, and for many years was keeper 
of the Poorhouse in Wolver Hollow. 
Issue : 

Abram, m. Loize Waldron. 

John H., b. Aug. 13, 1834; d. Mch. 16, 1839. He was killed 
while at school. 

William Edgar, b. Nov. 18, 1847; d. Oct. 4, 1848. 

Willet S., b. Mch. 21, 1851; d. Feb. 16, 1852. 

Elizabeth, m. Thomas Gardner. 

Sarah A., m. Stephen S. Dodge. 

Ann Eliza, m. Jacob Van Wicklin. 

Sidney, m. Hicks. 

Phebe Jane, m. William Royal Hoyt. 

HARLOW VAN NOSTRAND, son of David, b. 1787, and the 
second wife, Rosanna Smith, b. May 12, 1817, in Milton, Sara- 
toga Co. ; d. June 27, 1879, at Rock City Falls; m. Eleanor Tall- 
man, dau. of Timothy and Maria, b. Jan. i, 1819, in Troy, N. Y. 
He wrote the record in 1870, which he obtained in 1842 from 
his grandfather, Aaron of Connecticut. June 9, 1901, she was 
visiting her dau. Mary in Hartford, Conn. Contemplates return- 
ing to Ballston Spa, her former home, to live with her dau. Ella. 
Issue : 

Cornelia, b. July 26, 1840; d. June 15, 1854. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 595 

Henry, m. Mary Sherwood. 

Mary Rosanna, b. Sep. i8, 1847, of Hartford. 

David C, b. Apl. 4, 1849; ^- May 25, 1892, of Millbury. 

Emma A., b. Aug. 14, 1851. 

Ella B., b. Jan. 5, 1854, of Saratoga. 

Colin C, b. Aug. 23, 1855; d. July 25, 1873. 

Cora A., b. Dec. 25, 1858. 

Lizzie, b. Sep. 27, i860, of Rock City Falls. 

HAROLD T. VAN NOSTRAND, of Orange, son of Joseph and 
Martha Fowler, b. Apl. 26, 1853; m., Oct. 15, 1879, Josephine 
S. Vidaud, b. Mch. 13, 1854. 
Issue : 

Amy, b. Feb. 15, 1885. 

Harold T., b. Sep. 19, 18S6. 

HENRY VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Phebe Van Wick- 
len, bp. Sep. 14, 1817, in W. H.; m., Nov. 24, 1836, Pamelia 
Piatt. They were married at Velsor's Hotel in Norwich, where 
the wedding party was held. He was a farmer and carpenter, 
and went by the name of Hank Nostrand. 
Issue : 

John, m. Abby Bedell. 

Phebe Amanda, m. Lewis Bedell. 

Sarah Ann was kicked by a horse and d. young. 

Rebecca Jane, m. Benjamin Doxey ; m. John Simon. 

Elizabeth. 

Ruth. 

HENRY VAN NOSTRAND, son of Benjamin and Susannah 
Crocker, b. Oct. 21, 1818, at Ulyssus, Tompkins Co., N. Y. ; m. 
Jan. I, 1844, at Wolcott, N. Y., Sarah Maria Tuller, b. 1822; 
d. Nov., 1866. When 19 years old was living at home, summers 
on the farm and teaching school winters. About 1838 began 
studying medicine with Dr. C. Campbell of So. Butler, N. Y., 
for 3 years, and i year with Dr. Wilson of Wolcott; attended 
the Geneva Medical College lectures 1839 to 1843; after having 
graduated practiced at Rose Valley until 1857, when he moved 
to Albion, Mich., near his father's, and helped him build a house 
and barn on the farm. In 1863 was appointed asst. surgeon of 
the ist Mich. Eng. and Mech' Regiment, served through the 



596 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

war and arrived home, Oct. i, 1865. Nov. 4, 1868, he m. Miss 
Lucy Rosella Howell; and Apl. 17, 1885, moved to Yankton, 
So. Dakota, where he was in Jan., 1901. 

"My grandmother's mother was of the family of Carpenter of 
Providence, R. I. They were ship builders and sailors. My 
grandmother married a sailor, a Mr. Crocker, and he soon after 
sailed on a whaling voyage and never returned. The Carpenters 
all moved to the vicinity of Johnstown, N. Y., and my grand- 
mother with her little girl along with them, and here my grand- 
mother married a Mr. Cough and had issue : George ; Henry ; 
Alanson; Margaret, m. Victor Wilson of Cape Vincent, and was 
living in Apl., 1894. My grandmother had a brother Jonathan, 
and a sister Betsy." 
Issue : 

Spencer, m. Fanny Ovary. 

Charles, b. May i, 1849, at Rose Valley; d. July 2, 1849. 

Susan Jannette, b. June 30, 1851 ; not m., and at home, 1901. 

Edward Tuller, m. Lizzy Whetmore. 

Alice May, b. Nov. 30, 1862, at Albion, Mich. ; not m. Teacher 
of music in the High School at Yankton and lives at home. 

HENRY VAN NOSTRAND, son of Hicks and Sarah Cornell, 
b. Mch. 18, 1824; d. Mch. 4, 1891; m. Matilda Anderton, d. Feb. 
18, 1835, a. 25. 4. 12.; both bd. at Douglaston. 
Issue : 

Alice, m. Frank Jones, and lives at 10 Elm Place, Bklyn Hills. 

HENRY VAN OSTRAND, son of Harlow and Eleanor Tallman, 
b. Mch. 31, 1842, at Rock City Falls; m. Mary Sherwood. He 
is in business in Millbury, Mass. 
Issue : 

Harry True, b. Oct. 26, 1872. 

Arthur Sherwood, b. May i, 1876. 

Nellie Blanch, b. Nov. 29, 1880. 

The two sons graduated frora the Worcester Polytechnic, and 
have positions in Pittsburg. Nellie is attending the Boston 
University. 

HENRY DUNCAN VAN NOSTRAND, 612 Garfield Ave., J. C, 
son of John and Abigail Horton, b. Jan. 13, 1824; d. Oct. 8, 
1898; m. (i") Elizabeth Armstrong, b. 1828; d. July 22, 1853, 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 597 

a. 25. 4. 22.; m. (2'') Mary Armstrong, dau. of Matthew; she 
d. Mch. 23, 1904, at Atlantic City, N. J. 
Issue: 

John Armstrong. 

HICKS VAN NOSTRAND, son of Stephen and Hannah Hicks, 
m., Dec, 1 82 1, at Ss., Sarah Cornell. 
Issue: 

Mary Elizabeth, not m. ; b. 1823; d. Feb. 11, 1887, ^t Fg. 

Henry, m. Matilda Anderton. 

ISAAC VAN NOSTRAND, son of Aaron and Geerty fon Gelder, 
bp. June 18, 1715, in Ja. (witnesses, Hendrick Barentse and 
Maria Barentse) ; wife was recorded as Van Sentje and Fran- 
stiente (Fransentje). Apl. 15, 1758, he was of Foster's Meadow, 
where he signed the consent to the closing of a highway called 
Cow Lane. 

Issue : 

Aaron, bp. May 3, 1751, in Ja. Witness, Geertye fon Gelder. 

Joosep, bp. Apl. 22, 1753, in Ja. 

Geertye, bp. Nov. 11, 1760, in Success. 

ISAAC VAN NOSTRAND, son of Aaron and Sarah Ammerman, 
bp. in Ja., May 7, 1732 (witnesses, his grandfather and grand- 
mother Ammerman). He enlisted, Apl. 10, 1758, in a Company 
of Provincials in the pay of the Province of N. Y., as part of ye 
Quota of Queens Co. Described as from Ja. ; 6 ft. i in. in 
height; age, 26; occupation, laborer ; dark in color. Was after- 
wards discharged. 

ISAAC VAN NOSTRAND, of Wolver Hollow, son of John and 
Jannetje Remsen, b. Jan. 21, 1762; d. May 23, 1834; m., Mch. 
16, 1780, at St. George's, Hempstead, Martha Simonson, dau. 
of Carel (Charles) and Phebe Wortman, bp. June 4, 1761, in 
W. H. (witnesses, Frederick Simonson and his dau. Leah), b. 
Apl. 24, 1761; d. Feb. 16, 1826. His will dated Jan. 18, 1834; 
proved Aug. 2, 1834 (R. L. i, F., 30, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Jane, m. Thomas Cock. 

Phebe, m. Isaac Cashow. 

John, m. Phebe Van Wicklen. 

Leah, m. Joseph Hegeman. 



598 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Isaac, b. July 24, 1794; d. Apl. 24, 1834; not m. 

Charles, m. Jane Nostrand. 

Maria, m. James Luyster. 

ISAAC VAN NOSTRAND, son of William and Phoebe Sher- 
wood, b. Sep. 29, 1795; d. Nov. 17, 1876; m. . He 

was a very ingenious mechanic and chose the millwright trade. 
When a boy he invented a machine to cut cog-wheels for a 
clock from wood. He made an alarm clock without ever having 
seen the inside of one. It was the main timepiece in his father's 
family for years. He went west and married, and settled at 
Black River Falls, Wis., where he died of paralysis. 
Issue : 

5 children. 

ISAAC VAN NOSTRAND, of Hd., son of Aaron (called Aaron 
Stine), d. May 13, 1861; m. Mary Jane. Letters of adm" were 
issued to the widow, Aug. 14, 1861 (R. L. K., F., 52, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Cornelius E., a minor. 

ISAAC VAN NOSTRAND, of Fg. (sup. son of Aaron, son of 
David of Hd.), m. Mary Ann. Letters of adm" were issued to 
the widow and Wm. B. Fowler, Aug. 8, 1829 (R. L. E., F., 131, 
Ja.). Inventory taken, Aug. 10, 1829, by Benj. Fowler and 
C. C. Lawrence. 

ISAAC VAN NOSTRAND, of C. S. and Mt., son of John and 
Phebe Van Wicklen, bp. Apl. 23, 1803, in W. H. ; m., Jan. 29, 
1823, Jemime De Voe of Mt. Five of Isaac's sons served in the 
Civil War. He was a blacksmith and worked in a shop opposite 
the famous oak tree in C. S., near the Luyster store. 
Issue : 

Martha, b. Nov. 25, 1824; d. Feb. 28, 185 1; m. Captain Wil- 
liam R. Turner, who was lost at sea. 

Catherine Jane, m., Apl. 29, 1849, Arthur Mellen, a pilot. 

John, m. Charlotte J. Brush. 

James, m. Phebe Wanser. 

Elbert, m. Elizabeth . He was in the Engineers Corps, 

Civil War. 

Isaac, m. Crampton at Mt. He was in the 2^ N. Y. 

Cavalry, Civil War. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 599 

Emma Eliza, m. Hulse of Hd. 

Ann Amelia, m. Robert Seaman of Roslyn. 
Sarah, m. Dr. Mott of Mt. 
George, not m. (see). 
Benjamin, not m. (see). 

ISAAC VAN NOSTRAND, son of Jacob and Elizabeth Wal- 
dron, b. Nov. ii, 1816; d. Apl. 6, 1892; m., Dec. 24, 1844, 
Sarah Ann Houten, dau. of Resolvert I., b. Feb. 16, 1820; d. 
Feb. 17, 1896, at Bardonia; bd. at Oak Hill, Nyack. He went 
to N. Y. City and learned the carpenter trade. Entered into a 
partnership with his cousin, Garret Van Nostrand; was super- 
visor of Clarkstown from 1872 to '77. 
Issue: 

None. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRAND, m. Phebe Macdonald. 
Issue : 

Richard, bp. May 28, 1789. 

Jane Van Stay, bp. Nov. 14, 1795. 

Sarah Cowenhoven, bp. Jan. 28, 1798. 

All at Raritan, N. J. 

JACOB NOSTRAND, m., Apl. 5, 1795, P. C, Ja., EHzabeth 
Boerum. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRANDT, m., Sep. 27, 1786, at St. George's, 
Hd., Hannah Muncy of South Hd. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRAND, son of Benjamin and Sarah Combs, 
b. Dec. I, 1816; d. June 25, 1868; m., Feb. 2, 1836, Jemime 
Pratt of East Meadow, dau. of John and Sarah Carman, b. July 
18, 181 7 ; d. June 26, 1885. He was one of the three proprietors 
of the old Third Ave. omnibus line of N. Y. C. May 8, 1854, 
Jacob and Jemime conveyed all that certain lot, piece or parcel 
of land situated near the Westbury (L. I. R.R.) Depot, in North 
Hd., Co. of Queens, containing about 5 acres on the road to 
Newbridge, July 12, i860, they conveyed to W. H. Brown all 
that old homestead farm in Hd., | a mile from the village on the 
highway to the sheep pens. 
Issue: 

Rosina, b. Aug. 16, 1838; d. Oct. 19, 1869. 



600 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Charles E., of Ja., b. Aug. i6, 1841; m. Abbie E. Cornwell, 
Jan. 3, 1866. 

ry, . j John Jacob, b. June 22, 1844; d. Mch. 9, 1845. 
( Sarah, b. June 22, 1844; d. Sep. 11, 1844. 

Josepha, b. Mch. 27, 1846; not m. ; d. Apl. 14, 1883. 

Harriet Rhodes, b. Sep. 4, 1848; d. Feb. 5, 1855. 

Anna A., b. Mch. 23, 1850; d. Mch. 17, 1867. 

Alsena, b. Nov. 28, 1853; d. May i, 1855. 

Eva, b. May 20, 1856; d. May 22, 1856. 

Mary Lilly Dale, b. Dec. 8, 1857; m. Herbert M. Davis, Nov. 
21, 1883. 

Alsena, b. Dec. 16, 1859. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRAND, of Nyack, son of Joseph and Mar- 
garet Smith; he is said to have fallen down a stair and broken 
his neck; m. Catherine, who d. May 19, 1883. Letters were 
granted to her daughter Margaret in connection with Garret 
Van Nostrand of Nyack, June 21, 1883, Jacob, the father, having 
renounced (R. L. 139, P., 151, N. Y.). 
Issue: 

Margaret. 

Ami E. (minor). 

Henrietta (minor). 

JACOB JACOBSE VAN NOSTRAND, son of Jacob Jansen and 
Jannetje, m., 1688, in Albany, Annetje Croesvelt, a dau. of Bay 
Croesvelt, a N. Y. hatter. He moved to N. Y. City, was a 
blacksmith and an assistant alderman. North Ward, in 1702. 
His will dated 1702, proved Oct. 19, 1703. The widow married 
David Jantze from Esopus, Nov. 21, 1703; she was on the 
census of N. Y., 1703, as Antre Van oostront and four children, 
two male and two female. 
Issue : 

Jacob, bp. Nov. 18, 1691 (witnesses, Andries Marschalk, An- 
netje Van Noortstrant) . 

Jacob, bp. Sep. 17, 1693 (witnesses, Aaron Van Noord- 
strant, Aeltje Van Steenwyck) ; m., Sep. 10, 17 15, Annatie 
Stimetz. 

Annetje, m. Isaac Kip. 

Casparus, bp. May 14, 1698 (witnesses: Andries Marschalk, 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 6oi 

Rebbeka Jans, wife of Pieter Jacobse) ; m., Oct. 20, 1720, Jan- 
netje Stimetz. 

Jannetje, bp. Dec. 25, 1700 (witnesses: Gerrit Lantsink, An- 
natje Barents, wife of Johannis Plevier) ; m., Aug. 20, 1747, 
Hartman E. Freeland. 

The bp. were all in N. Y. The two boys settled at Acquig- 
genonck, Bergen Co., N. J. Their record is being compiled by 
Miss Annie R. Winfield of Park Hill, Yonkers, N. Y. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRAND, son of William and Phoebe Sher- 
wood, b. Mch. 10, 1792; d. ; m., Dec. 24, 1816, Mary 

McGregor. Was a farmer and soon after marriage moved to 
Black River, Jefferson Co., N. Y. Had a farm near Cape Vin- 
cent, where he died. 
Issue : 

Isaac, m. No issue. 

George, m. ■ Issue, 5. 

JACOB JANSEN NOSTRANDT, emigrated to this country in 
1638 (O'Callaghan's History of New Netherlands, vol. i., pp. 
433, 441) and settled in the colony of Rensselaerwyck, where 
Jacob Jansz Van Nostrandt, on May 21, 1652, took the oath to 
the Patroon. The immediate locality was in the south eastern 
comer of the now Saratoga County, at a place called "Halve 
Maen," or Half Moon, as his daughter Jannetje on the marriage 
record stated that she was born there. He was by trade a 
brewer. 

Munsell's History of Albany, Deacons account book, Dutch 
Church, Albany. — The book opens with an inventory of the 
investments of the surplus money in the hands of the consistory 
belonging to the poor. 

" Aug. 16, 1651, Jacob Janse Van Norstrant, 72 guilders. 

" Nov. 4, 1654. Jacob Jansen Van Norstrant, 300. guilders. 

" Apl. 29, 1665. Jakop Jans van Norstran, 40. guilders. 

1676, Jacob the Brewer was referred to again. Obtained a 
patent for land in Albany in 1652, as Jacob Janse Van Nos- 
trandt the brewer , had a patent for a lot on the east corner of 
Beaver and South Pearl Street, 9 rods by 8^. This plot seems 
to have been divided into three smaller parcels, Nos. 1.2,3. I^ 
1680, he conveyed No. i to Hendrick Gerritse Vander Meulen. 



602 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

On the same block on Beaver Street, and at the other corner 
adjoining an alley on lots 5 and 6 was his brewery, which he sold 
in 1654, to Rutger Jacobsen, alias, Rut Van Woert, viz: Jacob 
Janse Van Noorstran's brewery and lot in Beaver Street, except 
the Horse Mill and brewers tools (nearly opposite the present 
Middle Dutch Church). In 1656 he was appointed inspector of 
beer barrels. 

June 7, 1663, occurred the massacre at the Esopus, when 
Jacob the Brewer appears to have been present. In Aug. and 
Nov. of that year he was present at two baptisms in Kingston 
as getuigenis. In 1676 Jacob Jansen signed a petition of the 
Inhabitants of Esopus for a minister. The Dutch Church was 
founded in Beverwyck, or now Albany, about 1640, and was the 
only one north of Esopus having a permanent ministry, until 
after 1700, save that of Schenectady. Unfortunately the rec- 
ords of the Albany church previous to 1684 are missing, or some 
particulars of the baptism of his children might have been found. 
From the records of the Dutch Church of Kingston and New 
York he appears to have had issue: 

Jan Jacobse, m. Agniette . 

Jacob Jacobse, m. Annetje Croesvelt. 

Aaron Jacobse, m. Aeltje Van Steenwick; m. Geerty fon 
Gelder. 

Jannetje Jacobse, m. Jacob Hoogteeling. 

Maria Jacobse, m. A. V. Bremen. 

Agniet Jacobse, 
and possibly Pieter Jacobsen, the miller of Esopus. There was 
a Peter Van Noortstrandt in Hurley, who took the oath in 
1687 as being an inhabitant for 29 years, and the record of this 
Pieter is being compiled by Mr. N. J. Ostrander of New Dorp, 
N. Y. 

JACOB JANSEN (sup.) VAN NOORDSTRANT, m., Feb. 20, 
1650, Jannetje Jacobse, (sup.) dau. of Aaron Jacobsen, widower, 
who m., Aug. 16, 1685, Elizabeth Valvinck, widow. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRAND, son of Jacob and Harriet Rhodes, 
b. Feb. 27, 1814; d. Nov. 29, 1879, in N. Y. ; m. Hannah Jane 

; she d. May 8, 1896; both bd. in Greenwood. Letters of 

adm. were granted to his widow, Feb. 24, 1880 (R. L. 126, F., 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 603 

135, N. Y.). He was a professor in the Deaf and Dumb Insti- 
tution in N. Y. 
Issue: 

Sarah R., m. C. F. Buxton of N. Y. 

Possibly others. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRAND, son of David and Marya Deene, 
bp. May 31, 1767, at W. H. ; d. Apl. 2, 1821, at 28 Waverly 
Place, N. Y.; (sup.) m. (i=), Mch. 7, 1796, P. C, Ja., Elizabeth 
Smith; m. (2''), Sep. 14, 1800, P. C, Ja., Harriet Rhodes, b. Oct. 
28, 1782, in Ja. ; d. Nov. 5, 1854, in Westfield, N. J.; bd. in 
Greenwood. Letters of adm. were issued to his widow, Apl. 19, 
1821 (R. L. 18, F., 75, N. Y.). The veterans of 1812 were in- 
vited to his funeral. 

Issue (by first wife) : 

Abigail, bp. Mch. 19, 1797. 

Eleanor Eliza, bp. Oct. 28, 1798. 
(By second wife) : 

Abiatha Rhoads, bp. Dec. 6, 1801. 

* Mary Ann, bp. Apl. 24, 1803. 

* Ellen Eliza, bp. July 5, 1804. 
Adeline, bp. Nov. 9, 1806. 

* Jane, bp. May 14, 1809. 

* Frances (a teacher in a select school). 

David, the publisher, m. Lewis ; m. Nichols. 

Rhodes, the engineer, not m. 

Jacob, m. Hannah Jane. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRAND, son of George and Janneka Van 
Houten, b. Mch. 23, 1780, in Clarkstown; bp. Apl. 15, 1781, in 
H. and S.; d. Sep. 18, 1858, a. 78. 5. 25.; m. Elizabeth Waldron, 
b. May 26, 1781; d. Oct. 3, 1846, a. 65. 4. 8. He was a black- 
smith and farmer of Nanuet. Bd. in the Dutch burying ground 
adjoining the old stone church at Clarkstown, Rockland Co., 
N. Y., that was burned this present year, 1904. 
Issue : 

Jane, b. Jan. 25, 1807; d. Dec. 13, 1841; m. Charles Benson. 

Barnard, m. Mary Ann Seaman. 

* These fotir lived at the comer of Lexington Ave. and 26th St., N. Y. , 
and were unmarried. 



604 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

George, m. Ann Locke. 

Ellen, b. May 24, 1813; d. young, Aug. 7, 1819. 

Isaac, m. Sarah Ann Houten. 

Mary Barbara, b. July 6, 1819; d. Dec. 22, 1880; m. George 
Myers. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRAND, of Wolver Hollow, son of Aaron and 
Aeltje Van Steenwyck, bp. July 31, 1692, in N. Y. (witnesses, 
Jacob Noortstrant and Geertie Steenwyck) ; appears not to have 
been married. Owned land in W. H. as early as 1732, when the 
ground was bought for the Dutch Church. The boundary was 
described as beginning 3 rods east from the well of Jacob Van 
Nostrand. His will dated Sep. 19, 1769; proved Nov. 15, 1770 
(R. L., 27, F., 440, N. Y.). The executors were his cousin 
Anthony, brother William and John Hendricksen. 
Issue : 

None. 

The will is an index will and is a record of some twenty five 
people whose names are mentioned. He makes a bequest to his 
cousin Aaron, the son of his brother Aaron (the Ja. sexton), and 
to his six half brothers and sisters. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRAND, of East Woods, son of Albert and 
Egbertie Hendricksen, bp. Apl. 5, 1723, in Ja. (witnesses, his 
uncle Jacob and his aunt Jannetje Alburtis (Burtis) ; bd. Apl. 7, 
1779; m. Cornelia Van Wicklen, dau. of Garret and Helena 
Ammerman, b. Aug. 21, 1724. His will, dated Mch. 30, 1779; 
proved Apl. 25, 1781 (R. L. 34, F., 175, N. Y.). This family 
appears to have been in greatly reduced circumstances, as there 
was an Aaron an inmate at the poorhouse and his sister Mary a, 
bp. May 23, 1764, was there also. She lived to be very old and 
was remembered by some of the older people as being very 
eccentric, going by the name of Polly Drawyer. 
Issue : 

Albert, bp. Jan. 12, 1752. Witnesses: Albert and Antje De 
Mott. 

Lena, bp. Aug. 6, 1754. Witnesses: Garret and Helena, the 
grandparents. 

Gerret, bp. May 29, 1757; d. young. 

Egbertye, m. James Dekker, Nov. 28, 1785. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 605 

Marya, bp. May 23, 1764. 

Gerret, bp. May 11, 1767. 

Aaron, bp. May 6, 1770. 

JACOB VAN NOSTRAND, farmer, of Rockaway, son of Gomez, 
b. 1802; d. 1870; m., 1825, Fannie Albin, dau. of Lemuel, b. 
1806; d. 1847; hem. (2'') about 1851. 
Issue : 

Stephen, m. Catharine Daver. 

Albert, m. Hattie Bishop. 

Sarah Jane, b. 1841; m. Harvey Wheeler. No issue. 

JAMES VAN NOSTRAND, of So. Hd., (sup.) son of Aaron and 
Sarah Poyer, b, Aug. 13, 1764; d. July 16, 1840; m., Jan. 30, 
1792, at Hd., Sarah Van Nostrand, dau. of Cornelius and Cath- 
arine Durlin, b. Nov. 20, 1769; d. Feb. 14, 1833. Was first 
cousin of his wife Sarah; came to Canada with his father-in- 
law, Cornelius, in 1800, bringing his wife and sons, Cornelius and 
George ; was farmer at York Mills ; bd. in St. John's churchyard 
there in 1840. 
Issue : 

Catherine, m. Eber White. 

Cornelius, m. Mary Wilkinson; m. Mary Lockwood (nee Shep- 
pard) . 

George, b. Apl. 9, 1799; d. Nov. 18, 1806. 

Milicent, m. Christopher Williams. 

John Conn, m. Mary Castle (nee Shepard). 

Mary, b. Nov. 27, 1807; d. Oct. 27, 1820. 

Thomas Borland, b. Dec. 7, 1810; d. Dec. 2, 183 1. 

Cornelius and John Conn both married widows, the maiden 
name of one being Mary Sheppard, and the other one Mary 
Shepard. 

JAMES VAN NOSTRAND, of Bn., son of Martin and Sarah 
Losee, b. Sep. 15, 1794; bp. Aug. 10, 1796, at Hd. ; d. Mch. 28, 
1861; m. (i"), Feb., 1825, Sarah Uranid Greenwood, dau. of 
Isaac; she d. Oct. 31, 1826, a. 21. 3. 5.; funeral at Losee Van 
Nostrand's, cor. of Fulton and Orange sts., Bn. ; m. (2d) Ann 
Matilda Carpenter; m. (3'') Martha Jane Seymour, who survived 
him. Nov. 23, 1822, he was a grocer in N. Y. (see deed, R. L. 
W., F., 134, Goshen); was also president of the Merchants 



6o6 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Exchange Bank. His will dated Apl. 3, 1855; proved Apl. 22, 
1861 (R. L. 137, F., 190, N. Y.) 
Issue (by first wife) : 

Sarah Uranid, d. Jan. 10, 1827, a. o. 5. 26. 
(By second wife) : 

James Henry, m. Jane McMannus. 
(By third wife) : 

Seymour, who was U. S. Vice-Consul in Saxony for many 
years; d. at Elizabeth, N. J., a. 59; not m. 

Lilly, or Elizabeth, not m. 

Marshall R., m., and lives at Elizabeth, N. J. 

JAMES VAN NOSTRAND, son of Cornelius and Mary Wilkin- 
son, b. July 30, 1822; d. ; m. Fanny Sheppard, still living 

at Aurora, Ont., Can., 12, Mch. 1901. He was an expert miller and 
stone dresser. Got gold fever and went to California. After 
some years correspondence ceased. Supposed to have died. 
Issue : 

Edmund, d. in childhood. 

Cornelius John, b. 1845; d. 1885, in Florida, U. S. A.; un- 
married. 

Emily Anna, still living at Aurora, Ont., Can., 12th Mch., 
1 901 ; unmarried. 

JAMES VAN NOSTRAND, of N. H., son of Isaac and Jemime 
De Voe, m. Mary Ann Wanser, dau. of Leonard and Sally Bond. 
He was in the 2d N. Y. Cavalry at the War. Oct. 9, 1852, he 
conveyed 30 rods of land in the Manhasset Valley, N. H., to 
Isaac Van Nostrand, blacksmith (his father), (L. 100, F., 469, 
Ja.). 

Issue: 

James Augustus, m. Josephine Brown of Lt. Neck. 

George, not m. ; d. at Gt. Neck, on the farm of Thomas Foster. 

Jane Ann, m. Horace Craft of C. S. 

Martha, m. George Mott of Glen Wood. 

Sarah, m. John Mowbry of Bay Shore. 

Mary, m. Cliford Van Cott of Glen Wood. 

JAMES ALBERT MARSH VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and 
Anna Maria Marsh, b. Jan. 15, 1864; m., Sep. 9, 1891, Gertrude 
Hurlburt, b. July i, 1866. Ledger keeper in Ontario Bank at 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY, 607 

Aurora; then assisting with lumbering business; now manager 
of estate of late Jno. Vanet, and farming. 
Issue: 

Anna Marjorie, b. Dec. 2, 1892. 

Arthur Hurlburt, b. Aug. 22, 1894. 

Frederick Harold, b. June 30, 1896. 

Ernest, b. Aug. 21, 1898; d. Feb. 20, 1899. 

JAMES HENRY VAN NOSTRAND, son of James and Ann 
Matilda, carpenter, m. Jane C. McManus, dau. of Capt. John 
and Sarah Weeks. John and Sarah were m. in Brooklyn, Jan. 
17, 1824. 

Issue : 

Nellie. 

Charles B. 

JAN (JOHN) VAN NOSTRAND, son of Cornelius and Jemime 

, bp. May 20, 1753, at Ja. (witness, Lamache Ryerson) ; m. 

Hannah Bedell. He was engaged in trading at the West Indies 
and was lost on a voyage there. 
Issue : 

Jemime, m. Cornelius Duryea. 

Phebe, b. Jan. 18, 1777; m. a Velsor of Cold Spring. 

* George, b. Mch. 5, 1779; m. and settled at Syracuse or 
Elmira. 

Elizabeth, b. Sep. 15, 1780; m. Flowers. 

Sarah, m. Aaron Van Nostrand. 

JAN JACOBSE VAN NOSTRAND, son of Jacob Jansen and 

(supposed) Jannetje Jacobse, m. Agniette , who departed 

for N. Y. in 1703 and died there. He was of Albany from 1677 
to 1687; member of Albany church in 1683; owned a farm on 
Cohoes Island in 1677, bought from Annetje Lievens, widow of 
Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick and sold to Roeloff Gerritse Van- 
derwerken; 1680, to 1685, of Coxsackie. Apl. 11, 1690, Jan Ja- 
cobse from Albany was in Kingston without permission of the 
military authorities under a special license, according to a proc- 
lamation of Aug. 7, 1689. He pretended he could not earn his 
victuals at Albany and requested to be allowed to remain to 
support himself and family, on condition that should the least 

* He received the £2. 10. bequeathed by his gd. -father, June 14, 1830. 



6o8 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

news arrive of the approach of the enemy he should return 
instantly. 

Issue : 

Margriet, bp. Jan. ii, 1688, in Albany; presented by Antje 
. Witnesses: Jan the father and Jacob the grandfather, 

Jan, Jr., who was killed in 1702 by the falling of a tree. 

JANNETJE JACOBSE VA NOORDSTRAND, a young damsel 
borne at the Halve Maen, resides in Kingstown; m., Oct. 23, 
1698, in Kingston, Jacob Hoogteeling, a young man born in 
Coxsackie, and resides at Roelof Janssen Kill. 
Issue : 

Marytje, bp. Nov. 12, 1699. Witnesses: Jan Jacobse Van 
Oostrant, Coenraad Hoogteeling, Agniet Jacobse Van Oostrant. 

Angenietje, bp. Jan 18, 1702. 

Elizabeth, bp. Jan. 7, 1705, Albany. 

Rachel, bp. May 7, 17 10. 

Hendrick, bp. Apl. 27, 1712. 

JEROMAS VAN NOSTRAND, of Flushing, son of Albert and 
Sara Hegeman, bp. July 24, 1791, in W. H. ; m. Anna Maria 
Cornell. His will dated June 6, 1843; proved June 26, 1843 

(R. L. 3,F., 464,Ja.). 
Issue : 

Sarah Ann, bp. Aug. 14, 1814. 

Albert, bp. July 30, 1816. 

Lewis C, bp. July 30, 1816; not m. 

Ellen P., m. Nov. 9, 1841, Charles Rapalyea. 

Jeromas, b. Sep. 16, 1822; d. young. 

Jane C, not m. 

Mary Elizabeth, b. Apl. 6, 1825; m. Albert Read. 

William Hicks, m. Mary H. Seaman. 

John Berrian, m. (see) 

Sarah Lavinia, b. May 26, 1834; not m. 

Jeromas, b. Jan. 30, 1837. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, turner, of the town of Hempstead, 
son of Aaron and Aeltje Van Steenwyck, b. Apl. 23, 1702, in 
Flatbush (is mentioned third in his father's will); m., Dec. 8, 
1727, Lametie (Lamache) Ryerson, dau. of Cornelius and Sarah 
, b. Oct. 27, 1707. She was a witness at a bp. in Success in 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 609 

1773. His will dated Oct. 14, 1749; proved May 10, 1753 
(R. L. 18, F., 323, N. Y.). He gives to his son Aaron the Great 
Bible, and to Cornelius his Gun. His wife and father-in-law, 
Cornelius Ryerson, and his son Aaron were the executors. Nov. 
17, 1729, he files the "ear mark" of his cattle, H. T. R. Apl. 
14, 1 73 1, he subscribed £2. 5. to build the church at Ss. May i, 
1744, he buys a parcel of land at Foster's Meadow. Deed (L. 
1174, F., 157, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Aaron, m. Susannah Cornell; m. Elizabeth Ryder {yxee Brinck- 
erhoff. 

Cornelius, m. Jemime ; m. Catharine Dorlant; m. Milli- 

cent Betts. 

Alche, m. John Beedel. 

Sarah, m. Flowers. 

Abraham, not m. (see). 

Martin, m. Sarah Losee. 

Jannetie, m. Whitehead Skidmore. 

Antie, m. William Watts. 

John, m. Helena (Eleanor) Lefferts; m. Sarah Bishop. 

George, m. Hilletje Durland. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, of Flatbush, son of Albert and Egber- 
tie Hendricksen, bp. Dec. 4, 1720, in Ja. (witnesses, Jan Hen- 
dricksen and Antie Jansen) ; d. Sep. 7, 1789; bd. Sep. 9, 1789; 
m., June 29, 1746, Jannetje Remsen of Flatbush, dau. of Isaac 

and Hendricke , b. Sep. 10, 1717; d. Mch. 8, 1804. His 

will, dated June 20, 1789, and proved at Ja., mentions his wife 
Jean, dau. Echbertie, son Isaac (R. L. A., F., 92). They are 
buried quite near to the church at W. H. 
Issue : 

Echbertie, m. Adrian Hegeman. 

Hendricke, b. Jan. 21, 1752, 

Albert, b. Sep. 17, 1753. 

Isaac, m. Martha Simonson. 

JOHN VAN OERSTRENT, m. Mary Brokaw. 
Issue: 

Jennake, bp. Oct. 6, 177 1. 

Isaac, bp. Mch. 10, 1776. 



6lO A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Jacob, bp. Nov. 21, 1777. 

All bp. at Raritan, N. J. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, of Flatlands, son of John and La- 
mache Ryerson, b. July 2, 1744; d. Oct. 16, 1805; m. (i''), May 
28, 1777, at Hd., Helena Lefferts, b. June 30, 1752; d. Apl. 11, 
1783; m. (2"^), June i, 1794, Sarah Bishop, b. Sep. 2, 1745; d. 
July II, 1806; all bd. at F. M. His will dated in 1802; proved 
Oct. 18, 1805 (R. L. 2, F., 3, Bklyn.). The executors were his 
two brothers-in-law, Leffert and John Lefferts. He was called 
John Drawyer. 
Issue : 

Samuel, b. Apl. 5, 1778; d. Aug. 8, 1778. 

John, m. Elizabeth Birdsall. 

Mary, m. Walter Titus. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, of Fosters Meadow, son of Aaron and 
Susannah Cornell, b. Jan. 20, 1766; bp. Mch. 23, 1766, at Suc- 
cess (witness, Lamache Ryerson); d. Mch. 7, 1816; m., Dec. 25, 
1785, at Hd., Sarah Hewlett, dau. of Richard, b. Mch. 22, 1766; 
d. Sep. 22, 1828. His name was on the marriage record as John 
"Drawer." Her will dated June 21, 1828; proved Dec. 10, 
1828 (R. L. F., F., 184, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Richard H., m. Elizabeth Treadwell. 

Abram, d. before June 21, 1828; m. Eliza Myers. 

William Aaron, m. Martha Thatford. 

John, m. Mary Ludlum. 

Stephen, m. Elizabeth Treadwell. 

Samuel, b. Dec. 7, 1794; d. 1794. 

Susannah, m. John Ryerson. 

George, m. Catherine Smith, 

Elizabeth, b. Apl. 12, 1801; d. July 25, 1830; not m. ; bd. at 
F. M. Her will dated June 26, 1830 (R. L. G., F., 38, Ja.). 

Mary, b. Jan. 13, 1803; d. 1803. 

Mary Ann, b. May 22, 1805; d. 1805. 

Joseph H., m. Susan Buckingham. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, son of Aaron and Sarah Poyer, b. 
1765; d. Dec. 28, 1828, a. 63; bd. E. C, Ja.; m., Nov. 9, 1816, 
at Rockaway, Rachel Hinchman, b. Nov. 16, 1767; d. Dec. 26, 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 6ll 

1846. Mch. 22, 1830, Rachel Van Nostrand, widow, of Ja., 
conveyed 2 acres (Lot No. i) at Jamaica South to Hendrick 
Hendrickson, and Catherine Van Nostrand of Ja. made the same 
conveyance. Rachel's will dated July 14, 1840; proved June 3, 
1847 (R. L. 4, F., 202, Ja.). 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, a farmer of F. M., son of Evert and 
Phebe Skidmore, b. Jan. 10, 1773; bp. 1773, at Ss. ; d. Jan. 29, 
1867, a. 94. o. 19; m. Fanny Nostrand, dau. of John and Sarah 
Ann Pettit, b. Oct. 10, 1780; d. July 9, 1849, a. 68. 8. 29. Apl. 
25, 1 80 1, Fanny, after being bp., was received as a member at 
Ss.; all bd. at F. M. Oct. 29, 1822, the blacksmith business 
under the firm of John Nostrand & Son at Far Rockaway was 
dissolved by mutual consent. Signed John Nostrand, Robert 
Nostrand. The heirs conveyed the Homestead farm, Jan. 22, 
1868; deed, R. L. 267, F., 343, Ja. 
Issue : 

John Skidmore, m. Sarah Ann Hendrickson. 

Robert, m. Patience Oakley. 

Phebe, b. May i, 1808; bp. June 19, 1808, at Mt. ; d. Sep. 29, 
1891 ; not m. 

Sarah Elizabeth, m. Nicholas Ludlum. 

Mary, b. Sep. 4, 1817; bp. Nov. 30, 1817; d. Nov. 11, 1862; 
not m. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Helena Lefferts, b. 
July 28, 1780; d. Sep. 27, 181 1; m.. May 19, 1801, Elizabeth 
Birdsall, b. Nov. 4, 1783; d. Sep. 6, 1873; bd. at Hd. Letters 
to his widow granted Oct. 9, 181 1 (R. L. 12, F., 97, N. Y.). Her 
will dated May 12, 1868; proved Oct. 6, 1873 (R. L. 49, F., 398, 
Bklyn.). 

Issue : 

Samuel, m. Mary Treadwell. 

Augusta, b. Aug. 9, 1807; d. May 3, 1835; bd. at Hd. ; m., 
1834, Daniel T. Youngs. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, of Bn., son of Martin and Sarah 
Losee, b. July 23, 1782, at F. M. ; d. June 29, 1858 ; bd. in Green- 
wood; m. Abigail Horton, b. Nov. 30, 1787; d. June 16, 1856. 
His will dated July 16, 1856; proved Aug. 30, 1858 (R. L. 20, 
F., 487, Bn.). He was a grocer in N. Y. He and his brother 



6l2 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

James executed a deed to Aaron Innis in the town of Newburgh, 
Nov. 23, 1822 (R. L. W., F., 134, Goshen). The witnesses to the 
same were Rud^ and CorneHus Bogert. 
Issue: 

Almira, m. Henry Suydam. 

John James, m. Nancy R. Gardner. 

Louisa, m. Herman C. Westervelt of Washington, D. C. 

Adalina L., m. Horatio Dorr. 

Henry Duncan, m. EHzabeth Armstrong; m. Mary Armstrong. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, of the Co. of Somerset, m. Margaret 
Hardkerson. Will dated Jan. 10, 1817; proved May 24, 1817 
(R. L. B., F., 195, Somerville). 
Issue : 

Mary Mattox, bp. Feb. 19, 1792; m. Henry Christopher Cox. 

Nancy Hardenburgh, bp. Mch. 13, 1794, at Raritan, N. J. 

Clarckson, m., Jan. 5, 1807, Charity Ditman. They appointed 
Dan Welch their attorney. May 11, 1836, in Hunterdon Co. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRANDT, m., Jan. 29, 1797, P. C, Ja., Mary 
Rose of Flushing. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, son of William and Phoebe Sher- 
wood, b. June I, 1785; d. Feb. 26, 1843; ^^-i Nov. 21, 1805, 
Jane Wilson of Johnstown. He was a carpenter by trade, 
settled near the homestead where he died. 
Issue : 

Robert, b. Oct. 16, 1806. 

Sally. 

Phoebe. 

WilHam, d. Dec. 2, 1889, a. 72; m. ; had issue, 6. 

Elizabeth. 

Ann. 

Hannah. 

Wilson. 

Margaret. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, of Wolver Hollow, son of Isaac and 
Martha Simonson, b. May 7, 1786; d. July 16, 1833; m. Phebe 
Van Wicklen, bp. Mch. 18, 1781; d. Jan. 4, 1844, a. 63. 8. 14. 
He cut his arm with a scythe and bled to death in Harry May- 
bee's woods in W. H. In 1823-4 two of his children attended 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 613 

school in W. H., taught by Aaron Simonson. In the bill for 
teaching, John was charged, Sep. 30, 1824, for "expenses paid 
for his breaking a watch, $2.00." 
Issue : 
Isaac, m. Jemime De Voe. 
Gerret, m. Mary Ann Snediker. 
John, bp. June i, 1806; m. Adelina Sprague. 
Cornelius R., m. Sarah R. Woodin. 
Thomas, m. Hannah Van Wicklen. 
George, m. Nauchy Ann Ousterman. 
Martha Jane, bp. Nov. 21, 1813 ; m. Willet Seaman. 
Leah Ann, m. Daniel Smith. 
Henry, m. Amelia Piatt. 
Phebe Elizabeth, m. Daniel Layton. 
Hannah Maria, b. Apl. 17, 1824; d. July 26, 185 1. 
JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, son of John J. and Nancy R. Gardner, 
m. Louisa Leonard. His will dated Sep. 24, 1881; proved Jan. 
■6, 1882 (R. L. 91, F., 409, Bn.). 
Issue : 
John James, living with his mother at 192 Columbia Heights, 
Bn. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Sarah Hewlett, b. 
Apl. 29, 1 791; bp. July 31, 1 79 1, at Hd.; m. Mary Ludlum. 
d. Oct. 5, 1832. His will dated July 4, 1832; proved Nov. 24, 
1832 (R. L. G.,F., 237, Ja.). 
Issue: 
Nicklas Ludlum, b. Feb. 15, 1819; bp. Apl. 27; d. Apl. lo, 
1836. 

Mary Louise, b. Sep. 23, 1821; bp. Jan. 13, 1822; d. Jan. 28, 
1838. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, son of Charles and Jane Nostrand, d. 
Sep. 30, 1868; m. Martha Leydecker of N. J. 
Issue : 
Martha, m. Henry Willis. 
Mary, not m. 

The two daughters are living at Newtonville, Mass. 
JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, son of Cornelius and Mary Wilkinson, 
b. Mch. 6, 1824; d. Dec. 13, 1895; m., June i, 1846, Anna Maria 



6l4 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Marsh, b. Mch. 30, 1821; d. Apl. 25, 1900. He was bom at 
York Mills, Ont., Can. Carried on general store at York Mills, 
also at Holland Landing. In 1855 began lumbering business 
about 25 miles north of Toronto, continued that and farming 
remainder of his life. Buried in St. John's churchyard, York 
Mills. 

Issue: 

Mary Susannah, b. Feb. 9, 1849; d. Apl. 7, 1850. 

William Cornelius, b. Apl. 4, 1851; m. Mary Emma Gordon. 
. j Anna Elizabeth, b. June 8, 1853; d. Mch. 12, 1854. 
( Emma Jane, b. June 8, 1853; d. Mch. 16, 1854. 

Louisa Maria, m. William Walter Colwell. 

George John, m. Henrietta Mackenzie. 

Mary Emily, m. George Herbert Rowswell. 

Arthur Jabez, m. Kathleen Gordon Logan. 

James Alberrsh, m. Gertrude Hurlburt. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, son of Isaac and Jemime De Voe, b. 
May 2, 1828; m., July 12, 1851, Charlotte J. Brush of Cold 
Spring, b. May 18, 1831. They were living at Bayville, L. I. 
Dec, 1902. 
Issue : 

George Egbert, b. Feb. 13, 1853; m. Susan Toney. 

William Henry, b. Jan. 27, 1856; m. Mary . 

Emma Eliza, b. Jan. 7, 1858; m. Fred Rondthaller. 

Alice Amelia, b. Sep. 21, i860; m. George Kelly of N. Y. 

John Egbert, b. Dec. 15, 1862; d. Sep. 4, 1863. 

Isabella, b. Nov. 5, 1864; m. William Jenkins of Bayville. 

John Egbert, b. Aug. 11, 1867; m. Styles. 

Walter Franklin, b. Feb. 22, 1870; not m. Is an engineer in 
N. Y. 

Charlotte Jane, b. Sep. 10, 1873; m. Robert Frazer of Haver- 
straw. 

JOHN VAN NOSTRAND, of Newtown; wife, Charlotte Jane 

. Sold Lot 74 at Locust Grove, Mch. 25, 1857. (L. 150, 

F., 402, Ja.). 
Issue: 

None. 

JOHN BERRIAN VAN NOSTRAND, son of Jeromus and 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 615 

Anna Maria Cornell, b. Apl. 26, 1831; d. Feb. 12, 1899; 

m. . 

Issue: 

Irving, d. young. 

Minnie. 

Charles, m. Carrie Baker. 

Arthur, m. Belle Gano. 

Jennie. 

JOHN D. VAN NOSTRAND, of Fg., son of George and Nau- 
chey Ann Ousterman, b. Apl. 2, 1840; m. Mary A. Smith, dau. 
of Robert. He was postmaster in Fg., 1902. 
Issue : 

Sidney. 

Charles A. 

George, b. 1862 ; d. Sep. 20, 1892, leaving one dau., Mabel, who 
d. Aug. 29, 1900. The widow lives at Yonkers. 

JOHN CONN VAN NOSTRAND, son of James and Sarah Van 
Nostrand, b. Mch. 21, 1804; d. Mch. 23, 1871; m. Mary Castle 
(nee Shepard), b. Jan. 24, 1804; d. Nov. 4, 1884. 
Issue ; 

Catherine, b. Jan. i, 1832; m. Robert Gray. Issue, 6. 

Ehzabeth Milicent, b. July 16, 1834. 

Cornelius, b. May 3, 1836; d. Mch. 19, 1865; m. Agnes 
Mitter. Issue, 2. 

Joseph, b. Nov. 3, 1837; d. Apl. 29. 1900; m. Cooper. 

Issue, 4. 

Alida, b. Oct. 9, 1841. 

Jane, b. Apl. 21, 1843 ; d. Apl. 7, 1895 ; m. F. Granger. Issue, 3. 

Eunice, b. Aug. 20, 1845. 

Margaret, b. Aug. 13, 1849; d. May 19, 1857. 

The above Eunice, of York Mills, Ontario, Can., has a Bible 
with the records of part of the descendants of Cornelius. 

JOHN HENRY VAN NOSTRAND, son of John Skidmore and 
Sarah Ann Hendrickson, b. Nov. 11, 1832; d. Mch. 10, 1883; m. 
Phebe E. Reeves, b. Nov. 6, 1827; d. July 29, 1893, at Ja. 
Phebe and Nicholas Ludlum were the executors of his estate 
and Phebe the general guardian for the two children. Their 
account is R L. 12, F., 137, Ja. 



6l6 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Issue : 

Sarah Louise, b. June 27, 1864; d. Feb. 20, 1878. 

Eunice S. 

IdaR. 

JOHN JAMES VAN NOSTRAND, of Bn. , son of John and Abigail 
Horton, b. Oct. 21, 18 15, in Whitehall St., N. Y. ; d. Jan. 7, 1889; 
m. Nancy R. Gardner, dau. of Jonathan and Fanny Rysam 
Peck, b. Mch. 6, 1823; d. Jan. 26, 1890. His will dated Feb. 25, 
1886; proved Jan. 24, 1889 (R. L. 136, F., 274, Bn.). Her will 
dated July 9, 1889; proved Mch. 28, 1890 (R. L. 143, F., 406, 
Bn.). (Index Will.) 
Issue : 

John, m. Louisa Leonard. 

Sarah Middagh, m. George Marvin. 

Gardiner, m. Anna B. Stanton. 

Fanny G , not m. 

JOHN SKIDMORE VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Fanny 
Nostrand, b. Sep. i, 1803; bp. Nov. 20, 1803, at Mt. ; d. Apl. 5, 
1882, a. 78. 7. 4.; m., Feb. 6, 1827, Sarah Ann Hendrickson of 
Hd., b. May 9, 1807; d. Mch. 21, 1879. 
Issue : 

John H., m. Phebe E. Reeves. 

Phebe Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1835. 

Abraham, b. Feb. 28, 1839; d. Mch. 19, 1841. 

Sarah C, b. Aug. 10, 1843; d. Sep. 14, 1874. 

JOHN WILLIAM VAN OSTRAND, son of Bernard and Mary 
Ann Seamann, b. July 4, 1844; m. Margaret Miller. 
Issue : 

John William, b. Sep. 11, 1872; m. Abigail M. Coe. 

Gertrude,* b. July 2, 1873. 

JOHN WILLIAM VAN OSTRAND, son of John W. and Mar- 
garet Miller, b. Sep. 11, 1872; m. Abigail M. Coe. 
Issue: 

J. William, b. Sep. 30, 1894. 

Harold, b. Jan. 2, 1896. 

Gertrude Margaret, b. Oct. 26, igoi. 

* The compiler is indebted to this lady for the dates. She lives at 
Bardonia, Rockland Co. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 617 

JOHN WILMOT VAN NOSTRAND, son of Robert and Patience 
Oakley, b. May 14, 1841 ; m. Ellen Dennis, Lives in Manhattan, 
707 Eighth Avenue. 
Issue: 

Robert, b. Nov. 15, 1878. 

Florence, b. Mch. 23, 1881. 

George, b. Nov. 4, 1883. 

All unmarried, Mch., 1902. 

JOORES (GEORGE) VAN NOSTRAND, son of Moses and 

Abigail , bp. Mch. 31, 1738, in Ja. ; m., Sep. 26, 1766, Sarah 

Vanderbilt, who probably died at the birth of her first child, as 
it was presented by the grandparents; m. (2^^) Jennaka Van 
Houten. He moved from White Plains to Rockland Co., May 
3, 1760, District No. 6, Nanuet, Clarktown. His will dated Sep. 
II, 1817; proved May 7, 1821 (R. L. B., F., 51, New City.) 
Issue (by first wife) : 

Hilletje, b. Nov. 24, 1767; bp. Dec. 29, 1767; m. Hendrick 
Deronde, of Clarktown. 
(By second wife) : 

Moses, b. Oct. 8, 1776; bp. Nov. 17, 1776; d. young. 

Johannes, b. Apl. 28, 1778; bp. June 4, 1778. 

Jacob, m. Elizabeth Waldron. 

Moses, bp. July i, 1782, in Hackensack. 

Joseph, m. Margaret Smith. 

Sarah, b. Apl. 3, 1788; bp. May 25, 1788; m. Garret Vander- 
bilt. 

Catherine, b. June 29, 1794. 

JOSEPH VAN NOSTRAND, son of George and Hyletje Dur- 
land, m. Elizabeth Mead. 
Issue : 

George, m. Lavinia Gildersleeve. 

Phebe Ann, m. Dean. 

Sarah. 

Helen Maria, m. Adams. 

James A., settled in Berkshire Township, Ohio, in 1835. 

Catherine, m. Dr. John Clapp, and settled in the West. 

JOSEPH VAN NORSTRAND, of Clarktown, son of George and 
Jennaka Van Houten, b. Sep. i, 1790; bp. Oct, 3, 1790; d. Nov. 



6l8 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

3, 1849; m. Margaret Smith, b. Mch. 7, 1788; d. Sep. 18, 1846. 
His will dated June 12, 1849 J proved Nov. 24, 1849 (R- L. F., F., 
135, New City). 
Issue : 

Catherine. 

Jacob, m. Catherine. 

Jane. 

Garret, b. , 182 1 ; d. June 15, 189 1 ; m. Amanda Blauvelt, 

b. , 1820; d. Nov. 6, 1898; bd. at Nyack. 

JOSEPH VAN NOSTRAND, son of Abraham and Amy Smith, 
b. Nov. 15, 1816, in Bn.; d. Apl. 22, 1900, at Orange, N. J.; bd. 
Greenwood; m., June 24, 1847, at Hs., Martha Fowler, of New 
Windsor, N. Y., b. Dec. 10, 1820, at Hampton, Orange Co. Liv- 
ing Aug. 22, 1 90 1. He was a pioneer in the wholesale coal trade. 
He was an early member of St. John's P. E. Church, then on 
the corner of Washington and Johnson Streets, the site of the 
present Eagle building. He moved to Bloomfield, N. J., and to 
Orange, N. J., some years ago. 
Issue: 

Aert, b. Sep. 20, 1848; d. Aug. 20, 1850. 

Harold T., m. Josephine S. Vidaud. 

Charles H., m. H. Margaret Smith. 

JOSEPH VAN NOSTRAND, son of George and Lavinia Gilder- 
sleeve, b. Dec. I, 1827; d. Feb. 29, 1884; m., June 9, 1858, Mary 
E. Berry, d. Apl. 23, 1868. He was the only child. 
Issue: 

Mary Lavinia, of East Fishkill, b. May 28, 1859; m. Dennis 
Wortman Rogers. 

Francis Seymour, b. Aug. 9, 1861; m., Nov. 30, 1897, Harriet 
N. Page, of Syracuse. 

JOSEPH B. VAN NOSTRAND, of Fg., son of George and 
Nauchey Ann Ousterman, b. Apl. 21, 1848; m. Eliza Lott, 
dau. of John. He continues the business established by his 
father. 

Issue: 

Ida. 

JOSEPH H. VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Sarah Hewlett, 
b. Aug. 10, 1806; d. Jan. 22, 1851; m. Susan Buckingham, of 



I 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 619 

Yaphank, b. Mch. 11, 1807; d. Aug. 18, 1880. Ad* in L. I. 
Star, Bn., Sep. 14, 1826. "Joseph H. Van Nostrand, Carpenter 
and Joiner. Coffins at the shortest notice." June 19, 1827, he 
kept a chair store at 14 Hicks St. 
Issue: 

Eugene. 

Joseph, bp. Sep. 10, 1830, at Hd. 

Townsend, b. Apl. 16, 1830; bp. Sep. 10, 1830, at Hd. ; d. Sep. 
13. 1830. 

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1828; bp. Sep. 10, 1830, at Hd. 

Mary Jane, m. Ferguson. 

LOSEE VAN NOSTRAND, son of Martin and Sarah Losee, b. 
Nov. 15, 1775; bp. Aug. 7, 1776, at Hd. ; m. Betsy (EHzabeth) 
. He was the owner of a tannery at the Wallabout. 

Jan. 9, 181 1, was collector of taxes in Bn. 

July 2, 181 2, he kept a boot and shoe store in Old Ferry Street, 
Bn. 

Sep. 8, 1819, he offered i cent reward for a colored girl, viz.: 
"Ran away from the subscriber on the 5*^^^ inst a servant girl 
named Millane, medium size, stout built, very black, about 17 
years of age, any person," &c. 

Mch. 29, 1820, he advertised a 3-story brick house on Fulton 
St. for sale. 

Nov. 22, 182 1, was one of a Concert Committee for St. Ann's 
Church. The ad. reads that a special boat would leave the ferry 
after the concert. 

In 1822, his house, from another ad., appears to have been at 
58 Fulton St., where he offered for sale Sole and Upper Leather. 

Nov. 28, 1822, was in the leather business at 43 Ferry St., N. Y. 
Issue : 

Angelina, m. J. R. Diller, Rector of St. Luke's Church. 

Mary, m. James Bach; m. (2'') Paul Sprague. 

Edwin M., not m. 

William A., not m. (see). 

Sarah C, m. John Dodge. 

Richard D., m. (see). 

MARIA JACOBSE (sup.) dau. of Jacob Jansen Noortstrant the 
emigrant, m. A. V. Bremen. 



620 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Issue: 

Dirck, bp. Oct. 23, 1692, in N. Y. Witnesses, Jacob Van 
Noortstrant and Aeltje Alberts (Aaron's wife). 

MARTIN VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Lamache Ryer- 
son, b. Feb. 19, 1738; bp. Mch. 19, 1738, in Ja. ; d. Aug. 13, 
1816, age 78, at the house of his son Abraham, in Bn. ; m., July 
31, 1764, Sarah Losee, b. Aug. 17 or 20, 1749; d. Mch. 8, 1833, ^^ 
83. 6. 19. Monuments in Greenwood; name, "Noortstrant." 

He enlisted in a company of Provincials Apl. 12, 1758. De- 
scribed as being 5 ft. 8 in. in height, fair complexion, born in 
Queens Co., age 20, occupation, shoemaker. Oct. 16, 1776, he 
signed the petition to Gen' Howe, for a restoration to Royal favor. 

May 30, 1778, Jacob and Martin Van Nostrand, sergeants 
under Capt. Timothy Cornell, demanded of Silas Hicks 8 shillings 
for his not going to help build the fort at Bn., and took a pair of 
andirons worth 14 shillings. 

May 30, 1778. He was one of the vestrymen present at the 
induction of Thos. L. Moore, St. George's, Hempstead, also was 
an official of the same church from 1780 to 1789. 
Issue : 

Antie, m. John Rider. 

Jan, b. Dec. 10, 1767; bp. Mch. 13, 1768, in Success, witness, 
Lamache Ryerson ; d. young. 

Phebe, m. Simeon Pettit. 

Losee, m. Betsy . 

Aaron, m. Sarah Van Nostrand. 

John, m. Abigail Horton. 

Martha, m. Aert Middagh. 

Mary, b. Apl. 15, 1787; m. Gershom Fredericks. 

James, m. Sarah U. Greenwood; m. (2^) Anna Matilda Car- 
penter; m. (3*^) Martha Jane Seymour. 

Abraham, m. Amy Smith; m. (2"^) Clara ; m. (3*^) Sarah 

McMannus (nee Weeks). 

MATTEUS VAN NORDSTRAND, m. Mary Phillips. 
Issue: 

Matteus, bp. Mch. 26, 1786, at Raritan, N. J. 

MOSES VAN NOSTRAND, son of Aaron and Aeltje Van Steen- 
wyck, b. in Flatbush; m. Abigail ; was bp. in Ja. as an 



J 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 621 

adult, age 28, Nov. g, 1733. She was a witness at a bp. May 3, 
1760. He files the "ear mark" of his cattle Dec. 27, 1732. H. 
T. R. He moved to Philipsburg, Westchester Co., and was a 
witness to the will of John Hialt, Sep. 17, 1758. Moved again to 
Clarktown, Rockland Co., and died there, age 103. 
Issue : 

Aaron, of Huntington, Conn. 

Elizabeth, bp. Nov. 9, 1733. 

Aeltje, m. Thomas Barens. 

Joores, m. Sarah Vanderbilt; m. (2"^) Janneka Van Houten. 

Geertye, bp. Apl. 21, 1740. 

Jacob, bp. June 13, 1742. 

Antje, m. Jacobus Deklerck. 

MYERS VAN NOSTRAND (sup.) son of Abram and Eliza 

Myers, m. Hannah . 

Issue: 

Myers, 

Sarah E., I Bp. Nov. 2, 1857. Witnesses: Mrs. Van Nos- 

Ann Maria, trand, George Van N., Jr. 

Abram, 
,p . j Christiana, b. June 10, i860; bp. Aug. 3, i860. 
( Ellen, b. June 10, i860; bp. Aug. 3, i860. 

All bp. at Hs. 

NORMAN VAN NOSTRAND, son of Abram and Eliza Myers, 
b. Apl. 1814; m., Dec. 16, 1835, Catherine Ann Everitt, of Ja. 
His will dated Sep. 28, 1866 (R. L. 14, F., 421, Ja.). 
Issue : 

John E., of Newtown, b. Apl. 20, 1848; m., Oct. 5, 1881, Anna 
R., dau. of Peter Wyckoff. 

Ellen P., M.D., d. at Evergreen, Queens Co., May 22, 1898 

Kate. 

Eliza. 

Ann Maria. 

Abram, of 463 Macon St., Bn. 

Sarah. 

Harriet. 

Benjamin. 

George. 



622 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 



PIETER OSTRANDER, Jr., a young man, born in the jurisdic- 
tion of Kingston, residing in Hurley, son of Pieter Pietersse 

Noordstrand and Rebecca Jans Traphagen, b. , 1680; m., 

June 4, 1704, Rachel Dingman. a young damsel, born in Kinder- 
hook, and residing there. 
"From Munsell." 

Peter Van Noortstrand, Jr., of Kinderhook, bom and lived 
there, m. Rachel Dingman, registered May 31, 1704. Ctf. 
Recorded June 24. 

Aug. II, 1706, Pieter Pieterse Van Oosterande and Rachel 
Dingeman were witnesses at a bp. in Kingston, No. 1566. 
Feb. 6, 1709, his name was written Pieter Oostrander. 
Nov. 12, 1 7 10, Pieter Van Noortstrande and Rachel Dingman 
were witnesses at bp. No. 1887. 

Issue: 
No.of 
bp. 

Rebecca, bp. Jan. 13, 1706; m. 
J. J. Lansing. 



Witnesses : 



1620. Adam, bp. Jan. 12, 1707. 

Petrus, bp. Feb. 6, 1709. 

1913. Catrina, bp. Feb. 4, 171 1. 

2214. Alida, bp. Mch. 21, 1714. 

2314. Willem, bp. June 12, 1715. 

2483. Jacob, bp. Mch. 24, 1717. 

2714. Johannes, bp. Dec. 6, 17 19. 

3048. Alia, bp. Sep. 23, 1722. 

3348. Isaak, bp. May 30, 1725. 

3714. Sara, bp. Feb. 25, 1728. 



j Pieter Oostrander, Sr., 
( Rebecca Traphagen. 

j Theunis Oostrande, 
) Johanna d Hooges. 
(Arend Ostraender, 
(Geertruy Bloemdall. 
j William Oostrand, 
} Maria d Hooges. 
{ Hendrick Oostrander, 
I Lea Oostrander. 
j Willem Traphagen, 
( Gessjen Pier. 
j Roelof Kip, 
I Zara de Mon. 
j Arend Oostrander, 
I Geertruy Maasen. 
j Zaloman Van der Willigen , 
I Rachel Oostrander. 



PIETER JACOBSEN. Miller here (Kingston), m. Grietjen 
Hendricks Westercam. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 623 

Issue : 

Pieter, bp. Oct. i, 1662.* Witnesses: Saertje Staats, Wil- 
lemtje Jacobs, Pieter Hillebrantsen. 

June 7, 1663, occurred the massacre at Esopus, and Grietjen 
Westercam and three children were taken prisoners by the 
Indians. 

Sep. 18, 1663, the Worshipful Court having looked around for 
proper lodgings for the coming forces, have induced Pieter 
Jacobsen to give his Mill for 40 or 50 soldiers. 

PIETER JACOBSEN, from Uitdam in North Holland, m., 
Oct. 20, 1689, Rebecca Jans, of Bruynenburg, New Utrecht. 
Issue: 

Rebecca, bp. Mch. 2, 1701, in N. Y. Witnesses: Jacob Van 
Noorstrant, Jannetje Cosaar, wife of Jacobus Goelet. 

PIETER PIETERSSE, a young man of Amsterdam (sup.) son 
of Pieter Jacobsen the Miller and Grietjen Hendricks Westercam, 
bp. Oct. I, 1662, at Kingston; m., Jan. 19, 1679, at Kingston, 
Rebecca Jans Traphagen, a young damsel of Bush wick. Both 
reside in Westquansengh. 

Dec. 12, 1689, he signed the pledge of the people of Hurley to 
support their representatives. D. H. N. Y., Vol. 2, page 46. 

Aug, 13, 1699, Pieter Pietersse Noordstrand and Rebecca 
Noordstrand were witnesses at Kingston to a bp. No. 1107. 

Jan. 13, 1706, they were of Kinderhook. 

Jan. 12, 1707, Pieter Oostrander, Senior, and Rebecca Trap- 
hagen were again witnesses at Kingston to a bp. of their gd-son 
Adam. 

It will be noticed that the name has now changed to Oostrander. 
Issue: 
No. of Pieter, b. 1680; m. Rachel Dinge- 
'hp. man. Witnesses: 

279. William, bp. Sep. 24, 1682; m. f Johannes Traphagen. 
Mary tie de Hoges Van Etten. \ Giesje Pieterz. 

389. Arent, bp. Oct. 5, 1684; m. 

Hendric Albertz, 



Geertruy Maasen Van Bloemen- J ^ . ^. 

J 1 r A 11 I Tryntie Pieters. 

daal of Albany. [ 



* This bp. was one of the earliest in Kingston, being No. 



624 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 



Witnesses : 



No. of 
bp. 

o r^ ^ • X. o /co/c f Hans Burrhans, 

483. Catrma, bp. Sep. 5, 1686. | ^ena Traphage. 

590. Johannes, bp. Sep. 23, 1688; m. \ Antony Creuple, 
Elizabeth Van den burgh. ) Caterina Post. 

Tunis, b. 1690. 

Hendrick, b. Sep. 18, 1693; m.. 
May 12, 1724, EHzabeth Van 
Bommel. 
874. Hermanus, bp. Nov. 10, 1695. ] f^™, pf^ 

T 1, T\/r ^ o i Hendrick Trephagen, 

1024. Lea, bp. May i, 1698. -j ^.^^^^ Trephagen. 

1024. Rachel, bp. May i, 1698; m., July f Hilletje Burhans, 

8, 1720, Zalomon Terwilligen. | Sara Kierstede. 
1 172. Geesje, bp. May 19, 1700; m., Feb. f pi^ter Du Bois, 

9, 1722, Ary Roos. | Jannetje Burhans. 
Jacob, bp. Jan. 13, 1706; m. Mary- 
tie Roosa. 

RICHARD D. VAN NOSTRAND, son of Losee and Betsy , 

m. . 

Issue : 

Charles. 

RICHARD H. VAN NOSTRAND, of Fosters Meadow, son of 
John and Sarah Hewlett, b. Aug. 11, 1786; d. May 22, 1819; bd. 
at F. M. ; m., Oct. 27, 1808, at P. C, Hd., Elizabeth Treadwell of 
Success, her first husband. She m. (2'^) Stephen Van Nos- 
strand. He was drafted and served in the army of 18 12. Sta- 
tioned at Gowanus, Kings Co., under Col. or Genl. Johnson. 
Was honorably discharged. His will dated Nov. 10, 1819 (R. 
L. D., F., 235, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Phebe Maria, m. Seth Gifford. 

Sarah Winefred, m. John Saron Hicks. 

John T., of Mianus, Conn., b. July 7, 1816 ; m. Frances J. Boyd, 
of New Rochelle. He d. Feb. 21, 1900. She d. Feb. 19, 1900, 
age 78. The funeral of both was held in the M. E. Church at 
Mianus. They were buried at Fosters Meadow, now Elmont. 
They had no issue. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 625 

ROBERT VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Fanny Nostrand, 
bp. Nov. 17, 1805, at Mt.; d. July 27, 1841, a. 35. 10. 2.; m., 
Oct. 19, 1830, Patience Oakley. May 2, 1842, as administratrix, 
she sold the farm on the Hd. Turnpike (L. 56, F., 272, Ja.). 
Letters were issued to her, Sep. 2, 1841 (R. L. G., page 113, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Gloriana, b. May 7, 1833; d. at Piermont, Mch. 30, 1899. 

Frances E., b. Feb. 13, 1835, of Piermont. 

John Wilmot, m. Ellen Dennis. 

RUFUS VAN NOSTRAND, son of Aaron, of Milton. Living in 
Adrian, Mich. 
Issue: 

Oscar, living in Rochester or Penfield. 

Theron, m. Hannah Crapo, his first cousin, dau. of Hezekiah. 
Live in Adrian, Mich., but intending to move to Va. 

Rebecca. 

SAMUEL VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and EHzabeth Bird- 
sail, b. Sep. 2, 1804; d. Feb. 15, 1870; m., Mch. 26, 1833, Mary 
Treadwell, a sister of Samuel of N. H., b. June 12, 181 1 ; d. Oct. 
8, 1887. His will dated Feb. 14, 1870; proved Sep. 28, 1870 (R. 
L. 41, F., 165, Bklyn.). Her will dated June i, 1871; proved 
Oct. 17, 1887 (R. L. 127, F., 293, Bklyn.). Buried at Hd. 
Issue : 

Benjamin T., b. Jan. 12, 1834; d. Apl. 28, 1864; m. Gertrude 
C. M. Kiimmel, June 5, 1862. She was b. Mch. 11, 1837. 

Issue: Benjamin T., b. July 16, 1864, living in March, 1900, 
at 139 Clinton Ave., Bklyn. The compiler is indebted to him 
for the history of 5 generations. 

SAMUEL SYLVESTER NOSTRAND, m. Lilian A—. 
Issue : 

Samuel Milton, b. , 1889; d. July 26, 1891, at Ja. 

Samuel S., d. Dec. 18, 1893, ^^ Rockville Centre, age 7 mo. 

SEAMAN VAN NOSTRAND, son of William and Elizabeth 
Seaman, b. Nov. 7, 1835 ; d. May 23, 1876, at 300 So. ist St., Bn., 
E. D. His will dated Nov. 8, 1875 ; proved June 27, 1876 (R. L. 
60, F., 411, Bn.). Bd. at Greenfield, Hd. Not m. 

SEYMOUR B. VAN NOSTRAND (OSTRAND), son of William 
and Adaline Merriman, b. May 3, 1854; m. Guelma Clark Nov. 



626 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

6, 1878, at Albion, Mich. He was the only surviving child 
of his father, and followed farming for several years, and has 
lately sold out and moved into the city of Albion, and is a fore- 
man in the great Gale's Manf'g Co. of farming implements. 
Issue : 

Seymour Guy, b. Nov. 26, 1881. 

SPENCER VAN OSTRAND, son of Henry and Sarah Maria 
TuUer, b. Dec. 20, 1844; m. Fanny Ovary, Aug. 22, 1867, at 
South Albion, Mich., b. May 10, 1847, at Hastings, England. 
He is living at So. Haven, Mich., where he is engaged in the 
drug, book, and stationery business with his son. 
Issue: 

Chas. Henry, b. July 4, 1868; m. Ray Delemere of So. Haven. 

Archie E., m. Ella N. Mitchell. 

Robert E., b. Mch. i, 1876; d. Nov. 30, 1896. 

Lottie Genett, b. Feb. 28, 1878; d. Apl. 5, 1878. 

Ralph, d. in infancy. 

STEPHEN VAN NOSTRAND, Esq., of Flushing, son of David 
and Maria Deene, b. Nov. II, 1764; d. Apl. 25, 1845; m. Hannah 
Hicks, b. Mch. 31, 1764; d. Apl. 29, 1854. Both bd. at Fosters 
Meadow. Oct. 26, 181 5, he was admitted to the church at Ss., 
by ctf. from the church at Greenwich in N. Y. City. Nov. 15, 
1 8 18, he was elected elder. May 6, 1829, he sold a farm in 
Flushing (lately purchased). Deed R. L. C. C, F., 124, Ja., calls 
himself "Grocer of N. Y." Apl. 2, 1833, he and his brother 
Aaron, of Fg., sold the land on Hd. Plains (bought by their 
father) to Silas Carl (R. L. F. F., F., 335, Ja.). 
Issue : 

Hicks, m. Sarah Cornell. 

Stephen, m. Mary Elizabeth Cox. 

Mary, b. May 11, 1790; d. Apl. 4, 1868; m., 1812, Charles 
Smith. No issue. 

Eliza, of Success, m., Dec. 11, 1822, at Ja., William Smith of 
Bn. ; she m. (2^^) Samuel White. 

STEPHEN VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Sarah Hewlett, 
b. Mch. 19, 1793; d. Apl. 18, 1834; m. Ehzabeth Treadwell of 
Success, b. May 27, 1788; d. May 23, 1880, a. 92. 11. 24. Her 
second husband. Both bd. at F. M. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 627 

Issue : 
William Treadwell, m. Mehitable Bradlee. 
STEPHEN VAN NOSTRAND, of N. Y., son of Stephen and 
Hannah Hicks, b. Oct. 10, 1807; d. Oct. 5, 1893; m. Mary 
Elizabeth Cox, b. Dec. 24, 1815; d. Jan. 16, 1898. Was a re- 
tired hotel keeper, living at 116 East 114th St., N. Y. 
Issue : 
* Johannah S. 

* Sarah E. 

Stephen H., m. Sarah Walker. 

* James D. 

* William C. 

Alfred, m. Hattie Hutton. 

* David P. 

* Emma W. 

STEPHEN VAN NOSTRAND, son of Jacob and Fannie Albin, 

b. , 1 841; m. Catherine Daver. 

Issue : 

Mary Ellen. 

William Henry, m. Carrie E. Smith. 

George Albert. 

Charles Stephen. 

John Frank. 

Sarah Elizabeth. 

Daniel Eugene. 

STEPHEN H. VAN NOSTRAND, son of Stephen and Mary 
EHzabeth Cox, m. Sarah Walker. They had been married thirty 
years when this was written. He is a collector for the Con- 
solidated Gas Co. 
Issue : 

Stephen W. Is a fireman, at 168 Beach Ave., Bronx Borough. 

Mary B. 

Thomas H. 

Ada. 

Three are now living ; one deceased is bd. at Woodlawn. Feb. , 
1902, Stephen W. is married, and has one child, Stephen 
Walter. 

♦These were born at Mt. Morris. All died young. Bd. at Ja. 



628 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

THOMAS VAN NOSTRAND, of Wolver Hollow, son of John and 
Phebe Van Wicklen, bp. Sep. 24, 1809, in W. H.; m. Hannah 
Van Wicklen, dau. of Jacob and Hannah Snediker, bp. Dec. 17, 
1809. His will dated Dec. 18, 1868; proved July 26, 1869 (R. 
L. 15, F., 470, Ja.). Was a farmer and carpenter, owned a farm 
in W. H. His house was near the Indian Rock, on the south 
side of the highway leading from the church to Jericho. 
Issue : 

Sarah Jane, m. James Scott of Bayville. 

Mary Ann, m. Nelson Lewis. 

George, m. Eliza Bedell, dau. of Steven. 

Charles, d. young. 

Hannah, m. Lafayette Corsa. 

James, m. Mary Bailey. 

Adelia, m. Alonzo Doty. 

Phebe, m. George Horton of Norwich. 

THOMAS VAN NOSTRAND, (sup.) son of Aaron and Sarah 
Poyer, m., May 26, 1802, at Hd., Abigail Abrahams of New 
Rockaway. 

THOMAS VAN NOSTRAND, b. Dec. 9, 1785; d. Sep. 5, 1831; 

m. Ellen , b. 1796; d. Apl. 13, 1866, a. 70. All bd. at F. M. 

Issue : 

Charles F., b. Sep. 14, 1830; d. May 17, 1854. 

WESLEY VAN NOSTRAND, of Northport, son of Benjamin 
and Sarah Combs, b. May 30, 1828 ; m. Phebe A. Wood of North- 
port, b. Oct. 12, 1825. 
Issue : 

Benjamin, b. July 4, 1853; m. Sarah C. Warren. 

David, b. Oct. i, 1854; m. Julietta Wood. 

John M., b. Sep. 18, 1856; d. July 12, 187 1. 

Harriet M., b. Nov. 3, 1858; not m. 

Alma, b. Aug. 6, i860; m. Walter E. Bailey. 

Wilbur, b. Aug. 14, 1862; not m. 

Alanson, b. Apl. 7, 1864; not m. 

Sarah Ann, b. Mch. 6, 1866; d. in infancy. 

Mary A., b. Sep. 25, 1867; m. Robert J. Corlett. 

WILLETT SEAMAN VAN NOSTRAND, son of Abraham and 
Loise Waldron, d. Mch. 21, 1893; m., Dec. 24, 1876, Henrietta 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 629 

S. Canniff, dau. of William, b. June 23, 1859; living Oct., 1903, 
at Sea Cliff. 
Issue : 

Abraham, m. Minnie Voelbel of Sea Cliff, Sep. 16, 1903. 

James Stuart, m. Florence May Carpenter, Oct. 15, 1903, at 
Sea Cliff. 

Harry, m. Martha Doncourt, Nov. 24, 1903. 

WILLIAM VAN NOSTRAND, son of David, m. Sarah Jarvis of 
Hn. ; she m. (2"^), Dec. 4, 1801, Jonathan Dodge, at Mt., and d. 
Jan. II, 1814. 
Issue : 

David, m. Hannah . 

Elizabeth, m. Elisha Smith. 

Benjamin, m. Sarah Combs. 

William, m. Elizabeth Seaman. 

Dec. 9, 1796, Sary Van Nostrand of O. B. renounced her right 
of administration to Jacob Van Nostrand. 

her 

" Sary X Van Nostrand 

mark 

" Witness 

" Steven Van Nostrand." 

(Jacob, who was appointed administrator, was William's 
brother.) 

Dec. 10, 1796, the bond given by the administrator for ;;^8o was 
signed by Jacob Van Nostrand of N. Y., Steven Van Nostrand, 
and Aaron Van Nostrand of Queens Co. The inventory of the 
estate amounted to £^5. 10. 6. Dec. 10, 1796, letters were issued 
to Jacob Van Nostrand (R. Vol. A., F., 65, Ja.). 

WILLIAM VAN NOORSTRANT, son of Aaron and Aeltje Van 
Steenwyck, bp. Aug. 12, 1708, in Ja., witnesses, William Janse and 
Antie Janse; m., Apl. 5, 1756, Catherine De Vou, a widow. 
Apl. 14, 1731, he subscribed ;^i. 5. to build the church at Ss. 
Sep. 5, 1736, he and his half-sister Aeltje were witnesses at the 
bp. of Abraham, son of his brother Jan, at Ja. He settled at 
Philipsburgh, Westchester Co., where his wife was admitted to 
the church on profession, Apl. 23, 1766, Oct. 31, 1769, he was 
chosen elder at Tarrytown, and retired Nov. 6, 1771. Was one 



630 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

of the executors of his brother Jacob of W. H. in 1770. In 1758, 
'61, '63, '75, he and his wife were witnesses in Tarrytown. 
Issue : 

Hester, m. Jacob Van Waert. 

WilHam, m. Phebe Sherwood. 

Aeltje, b. Aug. 11, 1768; bp. Sep. 3, 1768, at Tarrytown. 
Witnesses: Arie Van Wormer and Anatie his wife. 

It is said there was another dau. 

WILLIAM VAN NOSTRAND, son of WilHam and Catherine de 
Vou, b. Oct. I, 1764; bp. Nov. 4, 1764, at Tarrytown (witnesses, 
Hannes Devoe and Hester his wife) ; d. May 5, 1849 ; m., Jan. 9, 
1782, Phebe Sherwood, b. Oct. 29, 1766. They moved to Johns- 
town, Montgomery Co., N. Y., where they settled on a farm, 
improved it, and planted an orchard. (I can remember eating 
fruit in it in 1834. — H. V. O.). He was a justice of the peace for 
many years. Died on the farm. About this time the name was 
changed from Van Northstrand to Van Nostrand. The Tarry- 
town record is "Noortstrand." The old homestead farm was 
about five miles north of Johnstown, Montgomery Co., now 
Fulton. 

(By H. V. O.). — I learned from one of my uncles that William 
was one of a family of 18 or 19 children, and made spinning- 
wheels. William the son was drafted to help guard the neutral 
lines between the two forces. His squad was surprised by the 
British and taken prisoners, and he was confined in the old City 
Hall in N. Y. for eleven months, where he contracted the small- 
pox, and was taken to the pest hospital. He was exchanged and 
sent home at about the close of the war. 

He had a cousin or near relative who lived near him by the 
name of Aaron, and my uncles often visited him, and always 
called him uncle Aaron. 

(By the compiler). — This Aaron was probably the son of 
Moses, mentioned elsewhere as Aaron of Connecticut. 
Issue: 

William, m. Ester Monroe. 

John, m. Jane Wilson. 

Abraham, m. Susannah Lindsley. 

Jacob, m. Mary McGregor, 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 633 

Martha Hewlett, b. Feb. i, 1818; m., Dec. 24, 1839, William 
R. Pierce, who d. Mch. 21, 1842. 

Ann Maria, b. July 4, 18 19; bp. Jan. 13, 1820; d. at Ja., age 15. 

Susan, b. Feb. 4, 1821 ; m., May 25, 1841, John Meyer Johnson, 
of Ja., b. Oct. 27, 1816; d. Aug. 19, 1863. 

Charity, b. Nov. 11, 1822; m., Sep. 17, 1846, Henry Nelson 
Abrams of Rockaway. 

Caroline, b. Aug. 22, 1825; m. George Judson. 

William, b. Sep. 18, 1827, of Sag Harbor. 

EHzabeth, b. Dec 29, 1832; m., July 31, 1856, John Hunt, 
who d. Nov. 27, 1887. 

Charles H., b. Mch. 19, 1835; ^n. Sarah Furman in 1859. 

WILLIAM A. VAN NOSTRAND, son of Losee and Betsy ; not 
m. Adopted his brother Richard's son Charles. 

WILLIAM A. VAN NOSTRAND, of Roslyn, m., Jan. 22, 1896, 
in Bn., Emma Van Damm of Bn. 

WILLIAM CORNELIUS VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and 
Anna Maria Marsh, b. Apl. 4, 1851; m., Dec. 15, 1875, Mary 
Emma Gordon, b. June i, 1856. He was born at York Mills. 
Engaged in lumbering until 1888, when he purchased a general 
store at Elkhorn, Manitoba. 
Issue : 

Eva May, b. Sep. 7, 1876. 

Louisa Emily, b. Aug. 21, 1878. 

Anna Cornelia, b. Aug. 12, 1880. 

WILLIAM DARIUS VAN NOSTRAND, son of William and 
Ester Monroe, b. Dec. 17, 1810; d. Feb. 9, 1892, at Wanauwaga, 

Wis.; m. ; the wife d. May 18, 1892. 

Issue: 

Hellen A., m. Altbee. 

Two d. in infancy. 

Hellen was a school-teacher for a number of years. When her 
parents became invalids she gave her entire attention to their 
wants as long as life lasted ; she then married and lives at Wanau- 
waga. 

WILLLOI H. VAN NOSTRAND, Jr., of Little Neck, son of 
Albert and Harriet Louise Williams, b. Jan. 31, 1855; m., Feb. 
14, 1883, Mary L. Ketcham. 



634 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Issue : 

George Ketcham, b. Oct. 12, 1883. 

David Laten, b. Oct. 31, 1885. 

Clarence Edward, bp. July 8, 1888; d. Sep. 29, 1901. 

Leslie, bp. Jan. 7, 1894. 

All bp. at Mt. 

WILLIAM HENRY VAN NOSTRAND, of Sag Harbor, D. D. S., 
son of Stephen and Catharine Daver, m., Mch. 18, 189 (?), Carrie 
E. Smith, dau. of Jeffrey. 

WILLIAM HICKS VAN NOSTRAND, son of Jeromas and Anna 
Maria Cornell, b. Nov. 27, 1828; d. Aug. 12, 1 881, at Lakeville; 
m. Mary Hicks Seaman; she d. at Great Neck, Jan. 30, 1903, in 
the 78th year of her age. 
Issue: 

Jeromas. 

Albert. 

Walter. 

Lewis, d. Mch. 31, 1863, age, 4 mos. 11 dys. 

WILLIAM LATON VAN NOSTRAND, of North Hempstead, 
son of Adrian and Sara Laton, b. Feb. 18, 181 2; bp. Apl. 19, 
181 2, in W. H.; d. Sep. 29, 1893, at Little Neck; m. Marian 
Wooley, sister of Henry of the Flushing Hotel, b. 1813 ; d. Feb. 
25, 1898, at Little Neck. 
Issue: 

Adrian, b. Feb. 2, 1839; not m. 

WilHam L., b. Sep. 22, 1847. 

Annette, m. Strong. 

Sarah. 

Fanny, m. Carpenter. 

Benjamin. 

Layton, m. Place. 

WILLIAM TREADWELL VAN NOSTRAND, of Boston, son of 
Stephen and EHzabeth Treadwell, b. Oct. 7, 182 1, town of Hemp- 
stead; living in 1898; m., Oct. 22, 1843, ^^ J^-. by the Rev^ 
Jacob Schoonmaker, Mahitable Bradlee, dau. of Thomas, b. 
June 28, 1823, in Boston. He attended school at Manhasset in 
1 83 1. The compiler is much indebted to him for a portion of 
this record. 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 635 

Issue : 

Ellen, b. Aug. 18, 1844, in Bklyn.; m. Joaquin Kilvert of 
Boston, proprietor of the Burton Brewery. 

Sarah Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1847, in Bklyn. ; m. John D. Rich- 
ardson, employed in the Burton Brewery. 

William GifTord, b. Apl. 18, 1849, in Albany; d. Feb. 8, 1855. 

George Stilwell, b. Dec. 21, 1851, in Bklyn.; d. Jan. 20, 1855. 

Alonzo Gifford, b. July 3, 1854, in Bklyn. ; m. (i st) Anna Smith 
Hall of Boston; m. (2*^) Sarah G. Foque of Maiden. Succeeds 
his father in the Bunker Hill Brewery, Charlestown, Mass. 

William Henry, b. Nov. 22, 1858, in Boston; d. Aug. 26, i860. 

Frank Bradlee, b. May 21, 1867, in Boston; m. (i^t) Blanche 
Estel Howard of Wakefield; m. (2^) Christiena Newhall of Mel- 
rose. He has three stores in Chicago and one in Detroit, for the 
exclusive sale in those cities of the "Regal Shoes." 



A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 63 I 

Benjamin, m. Susannah Crocker. 

Isaac, m. . 

George, m. Hannah Lindsley. 

WILLIAM VAN NOSTRAND, son of William and Phebe Sher- 
wood, b. Aug. 29, 1783; d. Oct. 23, 1838, at Plymouth, Mich.; 
m., Jan. i, 1808, at Johnstown, N. Y., Ester Monroe, b. July 29, 
1789; d. Jan. 16, 1852, at Sharon, Wis. They moved to Tomp- 
kins Co., where several of the children were bom. About 1820 
moved to Cape Vincent, Jefferson Co., farmed for some years, 
and then moved to Sodus Bay, 1833. From here he moved to 
Plymouth, Mich., with his two sons-in-law Burr and Sweezy, 
where all three died, Oct. 23, 1838, of Michigan "chill fever." 
The remnant of the family, with Wm. Darius as leader and main 
support, moved to Sharon, Wis. 
Issue: 

Diodema, m. Calvin Burr. 

William Darius, m. . 

Hannah, b. Jan. 24, 1813; d. 1882, in Kansas; m. 

Sweezy. 

Almira, b. July 8, 1815; d. 1852, in Wis. 

Phebe, b. May 7, 1817; m. Southard of Drayton Plains, 

Mich. 

James Madison, b. May 7, 182 1. 

Electa, b. Mch. 19, 1824; living in Wis., a paralytic. 

Truman Walton, b. Nov. 24, 1825; d. in Wis. in 1891. 

Jonathan, b. Oct. 23, 1828; d. 1880, in Kansas. Issue, 4. 

Emely Ester, b. Jan. 20, 1832; m. McKinstry; m. ; 

and had issue, 18 children. 

WILLIAM VAN NOSTRAND, of Hd., son of William and Sarah 
Jarvis, b. 1796; d. Aug. 10, 1879, in Brooklyn; m. Elizabeth 
Seaman, dau. of Levi, b. 1792; d. June 17, 1878. Both bd. at 
Greenfield. 
Issue : 

Anna Maria, m. Richard Rapelye, at Hd., Jan. 10, 1838. 
"Died Saturday, December 13, 1902, Mrs. Ann M. Rapelyea, 
formerly of Hempstead, L. I., aged 82 years. Services at her 
late residence, 34 Bodine St., West New Brighton, S. I., Monday, 
December 15." 



632 A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. 

Eleanor,* b. 1824; m. Lewis E. Pettit. 

Amand, m. John Gould. 

Harriet, m. Tunis Dikeman. 

Seaman, not m. (see). 

WILLIAM VAN NOSTRAND, son of Benjamin and Susannah 
Crocker, b. Feb. 15, 1824, at Auburn, N. Y. ; d. Nov., 1886, at 
Albion, Mich. ; m., Oct. i, 1850, Adaline Merriman, South Butler, 
N. Y. He was a natural mechanic. Began business in a steam 
saw-mill at So. Butler, N. Y., about 1849, where he married. 
Moved to Clyde, N. Y., then to Marshall, Mich. ; 1863 to Albion, 
Mich., and bought a part of his father's farm, where he died. 
Issue : 

Orland, b. July 25, 1851; d. June 16, 1852, 

Seymour B., of Albion, m. Guelma Clark, 

Willie, b. Sep. 2, 1859; d. Nov. 8, 1865. 

Zena, b. Oct. 3, 1865; d. Feb. 15, 1871. 

WILLIAM OOSTRANDER, bp. Sep. 24, 1682, son of Pieter and 
Rebecca Jans Traphagen; m. Mary tie de Hoges Van Etten. 
1708, 1 7 10 his name was written Van Noortstrand. 

Issue: 
No. of 
bp. Witnesses : 

_,. . , T^ ^ I Pieter Oostrander, 

1612. Pieter, bp. Dec. 22, 1706. ] Rebecca Traphagen. 

Johannes, bp. Sep. 19, 1708, in Albany. 
„ ^ , , TkT ( Peter van Noortstrande, 

1887. Rebecca, bp. Nov. 12, 1710. ^^^^^^^ Dingman. 

„ , T • , • 1 A ( Pieter Van Etten, 

2148. Margrietjen, bp. Aug. 2, 1713. j Eva de Hooges. 

2327. Rachel, bp. Sep. 11, 1715. ] R^ctel^Swartwout. 

WILLIAM AARON VAN NOSTRAND, son of John and Sarah 
Hewlett, b. Oct. 22, 1789 ; bp. Apl. 4, 1790, at Hd. ; m., June 22, 
181 1, Martha Prince Thatford. 
Issue : 

Eliza, bp. Feb. 10, 1812; d. Aug., 1832. 

John, b. Oct. 12, 1813; bp. Dec. 12, 1813. 

George, b. Sep. 7, 18 16; bp Aug. 2, 18 18. 

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